سُورَةُ النَّازِعَاتِ
Surah An-Nazi'at (Those Who Drag Forth) – Arabic, Translation & Audio
Surah An-Nazi'at is the 79th surah (chapter) of the Quran. Its name means “Those Who Drag Forth”. It has 46 ayahs (verses), is a Meccan surah (revealed in Makkah) and is found in Juz 30 of the Quran. Below you can read the full Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen to each ayah.
| Surah number | 79 of 114 |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | النازعات |
| English meaning | Those Who Drag Forth |
| Number of ayahs | 46 |
| Revelation | Meccan (Makkah) |
| Order of revelation | 81 (traditional chronology) |
| Juz (part) | 30 |
| Mushaf pages | 583–584 (604-page Madinah mushaf) |
| Verses of prostration | None |
| Begins with Bismillah | Yes – recited before ayah 1 (not numbered) |
Read Surah An-Nazi'at in Arabic with English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًۭا ﴿١﴾
Wan naazi 'aati gharqa
By those who drag forth to destruction,
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًۭا ﴿٢﴾
Wan naa shi taati nashta
By the meteors rushing,
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًۭا ﴿٣﴾
Wass saabi-haati sabha
By the lone stars floating,
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًۭا ﴿٤﴾
Fass saabi qaati sabqa
By the angels hastening,
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا ﴿٥﴾
Fal mu dab-bi raati amra
And those who govern the event,
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ﴿٦﴾
Yawma tarjufur raajifa
On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ﴿٧﴾
Tatba'u har raadifa
And the second followeth it,
قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ ﴿٨﴾
Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa
On that day hearts beat painfully
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌۭ ﴿٩﴾
Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah
While eyes are downcast
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ﴿١٠﴾
Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ ﴿١١﴾
Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah
Even after we are crumbled bones?
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ ﴿١٢﴾
Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah.
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ ﴿١٣﴾
Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida
Surely it will need but one shout,
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ﴿١٤﴾
Faizaa hum biss saahirah
And lo! they will be awakened.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾
Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa
Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ﴿١٦﴾
Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾
Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.
(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٨﴾
Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.
And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾
Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha
Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٢٠﴾
Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.
And he showed him the tremendous token.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾
Fa kazzaba wa asaa.
But he denied and disobeyed,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٢٢﴾
Thumma adbara yas'aa.
Then turned he away in haste,
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾
Fa hashara fanada.
Then gathered he and summoned
Surah An-Nazi'at, continued from ayah 24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾
Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.
And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٢٥﴾
Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.
So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ﴿٢٦﴾
Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha
Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٢٧﴾
A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.
Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٢٨﴾
Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha
He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٢٩﴾
Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.
And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ﴿٣٠﴾
Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.
And after that He spread the earth,
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ﴿٣١﴾
Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٣٢﴾
Wal jibala arsaaha.
And He made fast the hills,
مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٣﴾
Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿٣٤﴾
Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.
But when the great disaster cometh,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٥﴾
Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.
The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾
Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.
And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ﴿٣٧﴾
Fa ammaa man taghaa.
Then, as for him who rebelled
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿٣٨﴾
Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa
And chose the life of the world,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾
Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.
Lo! hell will be his home.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾
Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾
Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa
Lo! the Garden will be his home.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ﴿٤٢﴾
Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa
They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٣﴾
Feema anta min zikraahaa
Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ﴿٤٤﴾
Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa
Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤٥﴾
Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa
Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿٤٦﴾
Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa
On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.
Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.
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