Surah An-Naziat - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
By the angels who violently disembody the souls of those who die captivated by disbelief and discord
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 1
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
and by the angels who tenderly disembody the souls of those who are with Allah in accord
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 2
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
and by the angels who convey an act of Allah's mercy, vouchsafed to His creatures
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 3
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
Then they press forward competing to be foremost
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 4
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
Then they execute the Allah's commands, and conduct the affairs
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 5
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
The day shall come when the trumpet is sounded and the universe goes into a violent convulsion
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 6
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
To be followed by the second sound when all shall go in extreme commotion
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 7
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
All hearts are then in extreme agitation
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 8
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
All eyes are cast down in humble modesty and utter humiliation
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 9
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
Yet people in their doubt, wonder whether after interment they could be restored to their former state
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 10
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
They cannot perceive how! "when bones disintegrate
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 11
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
Should this be true", they say, "it will mean immeasurable loss and condign punishment
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 12
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
Indeed all it takes is only one single rallying cry
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 13
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
and there they declare themselves on the surface of the earth
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 14
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Have you heard O Muhammad of the narrative of Mussa
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 15
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When Allah, his Creator, called him while he was in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 16
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Go to Pharaoh", Allah said, "for he has gone beyond all limits and all bounds he transgressed
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 17
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Say to him: "Would you like to follow a path that leads you to righteousness and purity
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 18
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
I will guide you to the path of Allah your Creator, and thus you will find your innermost thoughts and being have become sensible of Him and your secret feelings will urge you to pay your duty to Him
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 19
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Then Mussa, showed him the great act featuring Allah's Omnipotence and Authority
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 20
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh refused to admit the truth and favoured disobedience
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 21
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
He turned his back to contend the truth with falsehood
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 22
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
He thronged the place with an audience and made a proclamation to satisfy his day dream
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 23
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
He said: "I am your lord supreme
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 24
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
But Allah punished him in requital as a caution against further transgression and made of him an example in this world, and worse shall his punishment be in Day of Judgement and adjudication
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 25
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Indeed, in this event there is an instructive example to those who fear Allah and dread His indignation
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 26
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you people the more difficult to create, or the heaven which He constructed
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 27
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He lifted it up so high and its vast dimensions did He perfect and with celestial bodies did He complete it and its realms did He actuate
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 28
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
Its night did He darken and the day did He pervade with light and illuminate
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 29
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
and the earth did He prepare for life at a later date
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 30
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
He exteriorized its water and out of it did He spring its vegetation
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 31
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
and the mountains He set and anchored for stabilization
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 32
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
All being instrumental in supplying provisions for you and for your cattle
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Then when the calamitous eventful event comes to pass
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 34
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
Man will then remember all he did
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 35
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
and Hell is brought in view for all to see
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 36
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Then he who had transgressed
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 37
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
and chose to give himself to the life of this world and its vanities
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 38
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Hell, for him, is the abode
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 39
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
But he who feared the moment of audience of his Creator and endeavoured to make his pious principles and his words together accord, and restrained himself from vanities and discord
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 40
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Paradise, for him, is certainly the abode
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 41
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask you O Muhammad as to when is the time of this proclaimed Hour
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 42
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
But how could you satisfy their query when you yourself do not know
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 43
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
It is only with Allah your Creator, that the knowledge of the appointed time rests
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 44
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
You are only there as a spectacle and a warning to him who fears it and on the wings of righteousness he rode sublime
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 45
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
On the day they eye-witness the Event, it appears to them in retrospect as if it were only an afternoon or a forenoon that they actually spent
Surah An-Naziat, Verse 46