Surah An-Nazi'at: Arabic, Transliteration & Translation

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. 79:1

   وَالنّٰزِعٰتِ غَرْقًاۙ

   Wannaazi'aati gharqan

   By those (angels) that pluck out the soul from depths,

2. 79:2

   وَّالنّٰشِطٰتِ نَشْطًاۙ

   Wannaasyithaati nasythan

   and gently take it away;

3. 79:3

   وَّالسّٰبِحٰتِ سَبْحًاۙ

   Wassaabihaati sabhan

   and by those that speedily glide along (the cosmos),

4. 79:4

   فَالسّٰبِقٰتِ سَبْقًاۙ

   Fassaabiqaati sabqan

   and vie with the others (in carrying out their Lord's behests);

5. 79:5

   فَالْمُدَبِّرٰتِ اَمْرًاۘ

   Fal mudabbiraati amran

   and then manage the affairs of the Universe (according to their Lord's commands).

6. 79:6

   يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُۙ

   Yauma tarjufurraajifat(u)

   The Day when the quaking will cause a violent convulsion,

7. 79:7

   تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ۗ

   Tatba'uhaarraadifat(u)

   and will be followed by another quaking.

8. 79:8

   قُلُوْبٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاجِفَةٌۙ

   Quluubun yauma-idzin waajifatun

   On that Day some hearts shall tremble (with fright),

9. 79:9

   اَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ۘ

   Abshaaruhaa khaasyi'atun

   and their eyes shall be downcast with dread.

10. 79:10

    يَقُوْلُوْنَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُوْدُوْنَ فِى الْحَافِرَةِۗ

    Yaquuluuna a-innaa lamarduuduuna fiil haafirat(i)

    They say: “Shall we indeed be restored to life,

11. 79:11

    ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ۗ

    A-idzaa kunnaa 'izhaaman nakhiratan

    even after we have been reduced to bones, hollow and rotten?”

12. 79:12

    قَالُوْا تِلْكَ اِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ۘ

    Qaaluuu tilka idzan karratun khaasiratun

    They say: “That will then be a return with a great loss!”

13. 79:13

    فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌۙ

    Fa-innamaa hiya zajratun waahidatun

    Surely they will need no more than a single stern blast,

14. 79:14

    فَاِذَا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِۗ

    Fa-idzaa hum bissaahirat(i)

    and lo, they will all be in the open plain.

15. 79:15

    هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ مُوْسٰىۘ

    Hal ataaka hadiitsu muus(a)

    Has Moses' story reached you?

16. 79:16

    اِذْ نَادٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىۚ

    Idz naadaahu rabbuhu bil waadiil muqaddasi thuwan

    When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

17. 79:17

    اِذْهَبْ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّهٗ طَغٰىۖ

    Adzhab ila fir'auna innahu thagh(a)

    and directed him: “Go to Pharaoh, he has rebelled,

18. 79:18

    فَقُلْ هَلْ لَّكَ اِلٰٓى اَنْ تَزَكّٰىۙ

    Faqul hal laka ila an tazakk(a)

    and say to him: 'Are you willing to be purified,

19. 79:19

    وَاَهْدِيَكَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشٰىۚ

    Wa-ahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsy(a)

    that I may direct you to your Lord and then you hold Him in awe?'”

20. 79:20

    فَاَرٰىهُ الْاٰيَةَ الْكُبْرٰىۖ

    Fa-araahuaayatal kubr(a)

    Then Moses (went to Pharaoh and) showed him the Great Sign;

21. 79:21

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصٰىۖ

    Fakadz-dzaba wa'ash(a)

    but he denied it as false and disobeyed,

22. 79:22

    ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ يَسْعٰىۖ

    Tsumma adbara yas'(a)

    and then he turned back to have recourse to his craftiness,

23. 79:23

    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادٰىۖ

    Fahasyara fanaad(a)

    and gathered his people and declared:

24. 79:24

    فَقَالَ اَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰىۖ

    Faqaala anaa rabbukumul a'l(a)

    “I am the supreme lord of you all.”

25. 79:25

    فَاَخَذَهُ اللّٰهُ نَكَالَ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُوْلٰىۗ

    Fa-akhadzahullahu nakaala-aakhirati wal aul(a)

    Thereupon Allah seized him for the chastisement of the World to Come as well as of the present.

26. 79:26

    اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَنْ يَّخْشٰى ۗ ࣖ

    Inna fii dzalika la'ibratan liman yakhsy(a)

    Surely there is a great lesson in it for whoever would fear (Allah).

27. 79:27

    ءَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمِ السَّمَاۤءُ ۚ بَنٰىهَاۗ

    Aantum asyaddu khalqan amissamaa-u banaahaa

    Is it harder to create you or the heaven? But Allah built it,

28. 79:28

    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوّٰىهَاۙ

    Rafa'a samkahaa fasau-waahaa

    and raised its vault high and proportioned it;

29. 79:29

    وَاَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَاَخْرَجَ ضُحٰىهَاۖ

    Wa-aghthasya lailahaa wa-akhraja dhuhaahaa

    and covered its night with darkness and brought forth from it its day;

30. 79:30

    وَالْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحٰىهَاۗ

    Wal ardha ba'da dzalika dahaahaa

    and thereafter spread out the earth,

31. 79:31

    اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاۤءَهَا وَمَرْعٰىهَاۖ

    Akhraja minhaa maa-ahaa wamar'aahaa

    and brought out of it its water and its pasture,

32. 79:32

    وَالْجِبَالَ اَرْسٰىهَاۙ

    Wal jibaala arsaahaa

    and firmly fixed in it mountains;

33. 79:33

    مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْۗ

    Mataa'an lakum wal-an'aamikum

    all this as provision for you and your cattle.

34. 79:34

    فَاِذَا جَاۤءَتِ الطَّاۤمَّةُ الْكُبْرٰىۖ

    Fa-idzaa jaa-atith-thaammatul kubr(a)

    But when the great calamity will come about

35. 79:35

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا سَعٰىۙ

    Yauma yatadzakkaru-insaanu maa sa'(a)

    on the Day when man will recall all his strivings,

36. 79:36

    وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيْمُ لِمَنْ يَّرٰى

    Waburrizatil jahiimu liman yar(a)

    and Hell will be brought in sight for anyone to see:

37. 79:37

    فَاَمَّا مَنْ طَغٰىۖ

    Fa-ammaa man thagh(a)

    then he who transgressed

38. 79:38

    وَاٰثَرَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۙ

    Waaatsaral hayaataddunyaa

    and preferred the life of this world,

39. 79:39

    فَاِنَّ الْجَحِيْمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۗ

    Fa-innal jahiima hiyal ma'w(a)

    most surely his abode shall be Hell.

40. 79:40

    وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۙ

    Wa-ammaa man khaafa maqaama rabbihi wanahannafsa 'anil haw(a)

    But he who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained himself from evil desires,

41. 79:41

    فَاِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوٰىۗ

    Fa-innal jannata hiyal ma'w(a)

    most surely his abode shall be Paradise.

42. 79:42

    يَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ اَيَّانَ مُرْسٰىهَاۗ

    Yasaluunaka 'anissaa'ati ai-yaana mursaahaa

    They ask you about the Hour: “When will it be?”

43. 79:43

    فِيْمَ اَنْتَ مِنْ ذِكْرٰىهَاۗ

    Fiima anta min dzikraahaa

    What concern do you have to speak about that?

44. 79:44

    اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰىهَاۗ

    Ila rabbika muntahaahaa

    Its knowledge rests with your Lord.

45. 79:45

    اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مُنْذِرُ مَنْ يَّخْشٰىهَاۗ

    Innamaa anta mundziru man yakhsyaahaa

    You are only a warner to him who has a fear of it.

46. 79:46

    كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوْٓا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰىهَا ࣖ

    Kaannahum yauma yaraunahaa lam yalbatsuu ilaa 'asyii-yatan au dhuhaahaa

    On the Day they see it, they will feel as though they had stayed (in the grave) no more than one evening or one morning.

Translation and transliteration are the same texts used in the Al Quran MP3 (Offline) app. Audio: everyayah.com and mp3quran.net.