وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا
By those [angels] who extract with violenceSaheeh International
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا
By those [angels] who extract with violenceSaheeh International
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
And [by] those who remove with easeSaheeh International
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimmingSaheeh International
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
And those who race each other in a raceSaheeh International
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
And those who arrange [each] matter,Saheeh International
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],Saheeh International
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].Saheeh International
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,Saheeh International
أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
Their eyes humbled.Saheeh International
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?Saheeh International
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
Even if we should be decayed bones?"Saheeh International
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."Saheeh International
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,Saheeh International
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.Saheeh International
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -Saheeh International
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,Saheeh International
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.Saheeh International
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourselfSaheeh International
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"Saheeh International
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign,Saheeh International
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.Saheeh International
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].Saheeh International
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out.Saheeh International
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."Saheeh International
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..Saheeh International
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].Saheeh International
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.Saheeh International
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.Saheeh International
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.Saheeh International
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that He spread the earth.Saheeh International
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,Saheeh International
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmlySaheeh International
مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.Saheeh International
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -Saheeh International
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,Saheeh International
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -Saheeh International
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressedSaheeh International
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life of the world,Saheeh International
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.Saheeh International
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,Saheeh International
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.Saheeh International
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?Saheeh International
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?Saheeh International
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is its finality.Saheeh International
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.Saheeh International
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.Saheeh International
An-Nazi'at swears by the angels who extract souls — violently from some, gently from others — and recounts Musa's confrontation with Pharaoh, who claimed to be the most high lord and was seized. To those who ask when the Hour will come, it answers: to your Lord is its finality; you are only a warner for those who fear it.
An-Nazi'at (النازعات) means "Those Who Extract" in English. It is chapter 79 of the Holy Quran.
Surah An-Nazi'at has 46 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 583 to 584 of the mushaf.
Surah An-Nazi'at is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.