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Surah 79 · Makkah · 46 verses · 179 words
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Surah An-Nazi'at, “Those who drag forth”, is surah 79 of the Quran. It was revealed in Makkah and has 46 verses. The meaning of each word is under it; tap a word to hear it.
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا ١ ▶
وَالنَّازِعَاتِ wal-nāziʿāti By those who extract غَرْقًا gharqan violently
1. By those [angels] who extract with violence
Roots in this verse: ن ز ع غ ر ق
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا ٢ ▶
وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ wal-nāshiṭāti And those who draw out نَشْطًا nashṭan gently
2. And [by] those who remove with ease
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا ٣ ▶
وَالسَّابِحَاتِ wal-sābiḥāti And those who glide سَبْحًا sabḥan swimming
3. And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Roots in this verse: س ب ح
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا ٤ ▶
فَالسَّابِقَاتِ fal-sābiqāti And those who race each other سَبْقًا sabqan (in) a race
4. And those who race each other in a race
Roots in this verse: س ب ق
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا ٥ ▶
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ fal-mudabirāti And those who arrange أَمْرًا amran (the) matter
5. And those who arrange [each] matter,
Roots in this verse: د ب ر أ م ر
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ ٦ ▶
يَوْمَ yawma (The) Day تَرْجُفُ tarjufu will quake الرَّاجِفَةُ l-rājifatu the quaking one
6. On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
Roots in this verse: ي و م
تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ٧ ▶
تَتْبَعُهَا tatbaʿuhā Follows it الرَّادِفَةُ l-rādifatu the subsequent
7. There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Roots in this verse: ت ب ع
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨ ▶
قُلُوبٌ qulūbun Hearts يَوْمَئِذٍ yawma-idhin that Day وَاجِفَةٌ wājifatun will palpitate
8. Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Roots in this verse: ق ل ب ي و م
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ٩ ▶
أَبْصَارُهَا abṣāruhā Their eyes خَاشِعَةٌ khāshiʿatun humbled
9. Their eyes humbled.
Roots in this verse: ب ص ر خ ش ع
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ ١٠ ▶
يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna They say أَإِنَّا a-innā Will we لَمَرْدُودُونَ lamardūdūna indeed be returned فِي fī to الْحَافِرَةِ l-ḥāfirati the former state
10. They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Roots in this verse: ق و ل ر د د
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ١١ ▶
أَإِذَا a-idhā What! When كُنَّا kunnā we are عِظَامًا ʿiẓāman bones نَّخِرَةً nakhiratan decayed
11. Even if we should be decayed bones?"
Roots in this verse: ك و ن ع ظ م
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ١٢ ▶
قَالُوا qālū They say تِلْكَ til'ka This إِذًا idhan then كَرَّةٌ karratun (would be) a return خَاسِرَةٌ khāsiratun losing
12. They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Roots in this verse: ق و ل خ س ر
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ١٣ ▶
فَإِنَّمَا fa-innamā Then only هِيَ hiya it زَجْرَةٌ zajratun (will be) a shout وَاحِدَةٌ wāḥidatun single
13. Indeed, it will be but one shout,
Roots in this verse: و ح د
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤ ▶
فَإِذَا fa-idhā And behold هُم hum They بِالسَّاهِرَةِ bil-sāhirati (will be) awakened
14. And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ ١٥ ▶
هَلْ hal Has أَتَاكَ atāka (there) come to you حَدِيثُ ḥadīthu (the) story مُوسَىٰ mūsā (of) Musa
15. Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
Roots in this verse: أ ت ي ح د ث
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦ ▶
إِذْ idh When نَادَاهُ nādāhu called him رَبُّهُ rabbuhu his Lord بِالْوَادِ bil-wādi in the valley الْمُقَدَّسِ l-muqadasi the sacred طُوًى ṭuwan (of) Tuwa
16. When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
Roots in this verse: ن د ي ر ب ب و د ي ق د س
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ ١٧ ▶
اذْهَبْ idh'hab Go إِلَىٰ ilā to فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna Firaun إِنَّهُ innahu Indeed, he طَغَىٰ ṭaghā (has) transgressed
17. "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
Roots in this verse: ذ ه ب ط غ ي
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨ ▶
فَقُلْ faqul And say هَل hal Would لَّكَ laka [for] you إِلَىٰ ilā [to] أَن an [that] تَزَكَّىٰ tazakkā purify yourself
18. And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Roots in this verse: ق و ل ز ك و
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ١٩ ▶
وَأَهْدِيَكَ wa-ahdiyaka And I will guide you إِلَىٰ ilā to رَبِّكَ rabbika your Lord فَتَخْشَىٰ fatakhshā so you would fear
19. And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
Roots in this verse: ه د ي ر ب ب خ ش ي
فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ ٢٠ ▶
فَأَرَاهُ fa-arāhu Then he showed him الْآيَةَ l-āyata the sign الْكُبْرَىٰ l-kub'rā the great
20. And he showed him the greatest sign,
Roots in this verse: ر أ ي أ ي ي ك ب ر
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١ ▶
فَكَذَّبَ fakadhaba But he denied وَعَصَىٰ waʿaṣā and disobeyed
21. But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
Roots in this verse: ك ذ ب ع ص ي
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ٢٢ ▶
ثُمَّ thumma Then أَدْبَرَ adbara he turned his back يَسْعَىٰ yasʿā striving
22. Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].
Roots in this verse: د ب ر س ع ي
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣ ▶
فَحَشَرَ faḥashara And he gathered فَنَادَىٰ fanādā and called out
23. And he gathered [his people] and called out.
Roots in this verse: ح ش ر ن د ي
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ ٢٤ ▶
فَقَالَ faqāla Then he said أَنَا anā I am رَبُّكُمُ rabbukumu your Lord الْأَعْلَىٰ l-aʿlā the Most High
24. And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Roots in this verse: ق و ل ر ب ب ع ل و
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ ٢٥ ▶
فَأَخَذَهُ fa-akhadhahu So seized him اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah نَكَالَ nakāla (with) an exemplary punishment الْآخِرَةِ l-ākhirati (for) the last وَالْأُولَىٰ wal-ūlā and the first
25. So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..
Roots in this verse: أ خ ذ أ ل ه أ خ ر أ و ل
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ ٢٦ ▶
إِنَّ inna Indeed فِي fī in ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that لَعِبْرَةً laʿib'ratan surely (is) a lesson لِّمَن liman for whoever يَخْشَىٰ yakhshā fears
26. Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
Roots in this verse: خ ش ي
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ بَنَاهَا ٢٧ ▶
أَأَنتُمْ a-antum Are you أَشَدُّ ashaddu a more difficult خَلْقًا khalqan creation أَمِ ami or السَّمَاءُ l-samāu the heaven بَنَاهَا banāhā He constructed it
27. Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
Roots in this verse: ش د د خ ل ق س م و ب ن ي
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا ٢٨ ▶
رَفَعَ rafaʿa He raised سَمْكَهَا samkahā its ceiling فَسَوَّاهَا fasawwāhā and proportioned it
28. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Roots in this verse: ر ف ع س و ي
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا ٢٩ ▶
وَأَغْطَشَ wa-aghṭasha And He darkened لَيْلَهَا laylahā its night وَأَخْرَجَ wa-akhraja and brought out ضُحَاهَا ḍuḥāhā its brightness
29. And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Roots in this verse: ل ي ل خ ر ج
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا ٣٠ ▶
وَالْأَرْضَ wal-arḍa And the earth بَعْدَ baʿda after ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that دَحَاهَا daḥāhā He spread it
30. And after that He spread the earth.
Roots in this verse: أ ر ض ب ع د
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا ٣١ ▶
أَخْرَجَ akhraja He brought forth مِنْهَا min'hā from it مَاءَهَا māahā its water وَمَرْعَاهَا wamarʿāhā and its pasture
31. He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
Roots in this verse: خ ر ج م و ه ر ع ي
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا ٣٢ ▶
وَالْجِبَالَ wal-jibāla And the mountains أَرْسَاهَا arsāhā He made them firm
32. And the mountains He set firmly
Roots in this verse: ج ب ل ر س و
مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ ٣٣ ▶
مَتَاعًا matāʿan (As) a provision لَّكُمْ lakum for you وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ wali-anʿāmikum and for your cattle
33. As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
Roots in this verse: م ت ع ن ع م
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ ٣٤ ▶
فَإِذَا fa-idhā But when جَاءَتِ jāati comes الطَّامَّةُ l-ṭāmatu the Overwhelming Calamity الْكُبْرَىٰ l-kub'rā the great
34. But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
Roots in this verse: ج ي أ ك ب ر
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥ ▶
يَوْمَ yawma (The) Day يَتَذَكَّرُ yatadhakkaru will remember الْإِنسَانُ l-insānu man مَا mā what سَعَىٰ saʿā he strove (for)
35. The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
Roots in this verse: ي و م ذ ك ر أ ن س س ع ي
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦ ▶
وَبُرِّزَتِ waburrizati And will be made manifest الْجَحِيمُ l-jaḥīmu the Hellfire لِمَن liman to (him) who يَرَىٰ yarā sees
36. And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
Roots in this verse: ج ح م ر أ ي
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧ ▶
فَأَمَّا fa-ammā Then as for مَن man (him) who طَغَىٰ ṭaghā transgressed
37. So as for he who transgressed
Roots in this verse: ط غ ي
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا ٣٨ ▶
وَآثَرَ waāthara And preferred الْحَيَاةَ l-ḥayata the life الدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā (of) the world
38. And preferred the life of the world,
Roots in this verse: أ ث ر ح ي ي د ن و
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ ٣٩ ▶
فَإِنَّ fa-inna Then indeed الْجَحِيمَ l-jaḥīma the Hellfire هِيَ hiya it الْمَأْوَىٰ l-mawā (is) the refuge
39. Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
Roots in this verse: ج ح م أ و ي
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ ٤٠ ▶
وَأَمَّا wa-ammā But as for مَنْ man (him) who خَافَ khāfa feared مَقَامَ maqāma standing رَبِّهِ rabbihi (before) his Lord وَنَهَى wanahā and restrained النَّفْسَ l-nafsa his soul عَنِ ʿani from الْهَوَىٰ l-hawā the vain desires
40. But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Roots in this verse: خ و ف ق و م ر ب ب ن ه ي ن ف س ه و ي
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ ٤١ ▶
فَإِنَّ fa-inna Then indeed الْجَنَّةَ l-janata Paradise هِيَ hiya it (is) الْمَأْوَىٰ l-mawā the refuge
41. Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
Roots in this verse: ج ن ن أ و ي
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا ٤٢ ▶
يَسْأَلُونَكَ yasalūnaka They ask you عَنِ ʿani about السَّاعَةِ l-sāʿati the Hour أَيَّانَ ayyāna when مُرْسَاهَا mur'sāhā (is) its arrival
42. They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
Roots in this verse: س أ ل س و ع ر س و
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا ٤٣ ▶
فِيمَ fīma In what أَنتَ anta (are) you مِن min [of] ذِكْرَاهَا dhik'rāhā (to) mention it
43. In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Roots in this verse: ذ ك ر
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا ٤٤ ▶
إِلَىٰ ilā To رَبِّكَ rabbika your Lord مُنتَهَاهَا muntahāhā (is) its finality
44. To your Lord is its finality.
Roots in this verse: ر ب ب ن ه ي
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا ٤٥ ▶
إِنَّمَا innamā Only أَنتَ anta you مُنذِرُ mundhiru (are) a warner مَن man (for him) who يَخْشَاهَا yakhshāhā fears it
45. You are only a warner for those who fear it.
Roots in this verse: ن ذ ر خ ش ي
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا ٤٦ ▶
كَأَنَّهُمْ ka-annahum As though they يَوْمَ yawma (the) Day يَرَوْنَهَا yarawnahā they see it لَمْ lam not يَلْبَثُوا yalbathū they had remained إِلَّا illā except عَشِيَّةً ʿashiyyatan an evening أَوْ aw or ضُحَاهَا ḍuḥāhā a morning thereof
46. 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.
Roots in this verse: ي و م ر أ ي ل ب ث ع ش و
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