Surah An Naziat With English Translations

وَ النّٰزِعٰتِ غَرْقًا(1)

By those [angels] who extract [the souls of the wicked] with violence, (1)

وَّ النّٰشِطٰتِ نَشْطًا(2)

And [by] those who draw out [the souls of the believers] with ease, (2)

وَّ السّٰبِحٰتِ سَبْحًا(3)

And [by] those who glide [through the air] in swift motion, (3)

فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبْقًا(4)

And [by] those who precede [others] in racing, (4)

فَالْمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمْرًاﭥ(5)

And [by] those who manage affairs. (5)

یَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ(6)

On the Day the first [torment] will convulse [creation] (6)

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُﭤ(7)

Followed by the subsequent [torment]. (7)

قُلُوْبٌ یَّوْمَىٕذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌ(8)

Hearts, that Day, will be trembling, (8)

اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌﭥ(9)

Their eyes humbled. (9)

یَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِی الْحَافِرَةِﭤ(10)

They say, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]? (10)

ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةًﭤ(11)

Even if we are crumbling bones?" (11)

قَالُوْا تِلْكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌﭥ(12)

They say, "That would then be a losing return." (12)

فَاِنَّمَا هِیَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ(13)

So indeed, it will be but a single outcry, (13)

فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِﭤ(14)

And at once they will be upon the surface [of the earth]. (14)

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِیْثُ مُوْسٰىﭥ(15)

Has there reached you the story of Moses? (15)

اِذْ نَادٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى(16)

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa, (16)

اِذْهَبْ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰى(17)

[Saying], "Go to Pharaoh, indeed he has transgressed. (17)

فَقُلْ هَلْ لَّكَ اِلٰۤى اَنْ تَزَكّٰى(18)

And say, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself (18)

وَ اَهْدِیَكَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰى(19)

And that I guide you to your Lord so you may fear [Him]?'" (19)

فَاَرٰىهُ الْاٰیَةَ الْكُبْرٰى(20)

And he showed him the greatest sign, (20)

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰى(21)

But he denied and disobeyed. (21)

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ یَسْعٰى(22)

Then he turned his back, striving [against Allah]. (22)

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰى(23)

And he gathered [his people] and proclaimed, (23)

فَقَالَ اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰى(24)

Saying, "I am your most high lord." (24)

فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَ الْاُوْلٰىﭤ(25)

So Allah seized him with the punishment of the Hereafter and the first [life]. (25)

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَنْ یَّخْشٰىﭤ(26)

Indeed in that is a lesson for those who fear [Allah]. (26)

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمِ السَّمَآءُؕ-بَنٰىهَاﭨ(27)

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? [Allah] constructed it. (27)

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوّٰىهَا(28)

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. (28)

وَ اَغْطَشَ لَیْلَهَا وَ اَخْرَ جَ ضُحٰىهَا(29)

And He darkened its night and brought out its morning light. (29)

وَ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰىهَا ﭤ(30)

And [after that] He spread the earth. (30)

اَخْرَ جَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَ مَرْعٰىهَا (31)

He brought forth from it its water and its pasture. (31)

وَ الْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰىهَا(32)

And the mountains He set firmly, (32)

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَ لِاَنْعَامِكُمْ ﭤ(33)

[As] enjoyment for you and for your grazing livestock. (33)

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرٰى(34)

But when there comes the greatest catastrophe - (34)

یَوْمَ یَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰى(35)

The Day man will remember what he strove for, (35)

وَ بُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِیْمُ لِمَنْ یَّرٰى(36)

And Hell will be brought forth for [all] who see - (36)

فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰى(37)

So as for he who transgressed (37)

وَ اٰثَرَ الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَا(38)

And preferred the life of this world, (38)

فَاِنَّ الْجَحِیْمَ هِیَ الْمَاْوٰىﭤ(39)

Then indeed, Hell will be [his] refuge. (39)

وَ اَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَ نَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰى(40)

But as for he who feared the standing before his Lord and restrained himself from [worldly] desire, (40)

فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِیَ الْمَاْوٰىﭤ(41)

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge. (41)

یَسْــٴَـلُوْنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَیَّانَ مُرْسٰىهَاﭤ(42)

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour - when is its arrival? (42)

فِیْمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰىهَاﭤ(43)

About what [concern] of yours is its mention? (43)

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰىهَاﭤ(44)

To your Lord belongs [knowledge of] its finality. (44)

اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ یَّخْشٰىهَاﭤ(45)

You are only a warner for those who fear it. (45)

كَاَنَّهُمْ یَوْمَ یَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ یَلْبَثُوْۤا اِلَّا عَشِیَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰىهَا(46)

On the Day they see it, it will be as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof. (46)