النازعات
Surah An-Naazi'aat
Meaning of the name: Those who drag forth
Arabic with an established translation
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Recitation by Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا
By those who pull out [evil souls][1] harshly,
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[1] Of the disbelievers.
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وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
and by those who draw out [good souls][2] gently,
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[2] Of the believers.
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وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
and by those who glide swiftly[3],
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[3] i.e., angels glide swiftly through the heavens and earth with Allah’s command.
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فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
and those who overtake one another as in a race[4],
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Translation footnote [4]
[4] To execute Allah's commands.
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فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
and those who carry out the command [of Allah],
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يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
on the Day when the earth convulses [by the first Blast],
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تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
followed by the second Blast,
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قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
hearts[5] will be pounding on that Day,
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Translation footnote [5]
[5] Of those who denied the Resurrection.
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أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
and their eyes[6] will be downcast.
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[6] Of the disbelievers.
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يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
They say, “Will we be brought back to life,
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أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
after we have turned into decayed bones[7]?”
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[7] They would say this in ridicule of the warning.
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قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say, “Then that would surely be a losing return[8]!”
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[8] To one another.
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فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
It will only be a single Blast,
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فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
then they will immediately be above the ground.
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has there come to you the story of Moses,
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إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
when his Lord called out to him at the sacred valley of Tuwa?
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ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
[Saying,] “Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds”.
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فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say: ‘Are you willing to be purified,
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وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
and I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?’”
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فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Then Moses showed him the greatest sign[9].
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Translation footnote [9]
[9] i.e., the miracle of the staff turning into a snake. See 20:17-23.
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فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied it and disobeyed.
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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned back striving to plot.
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فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
He gathered [his people] and proclaimed,
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فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
saying, “I am your lord, the most high.”
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فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter[10].
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Translation footnote [10]
[10] Or for his claim of being the greatest god and for his previous oppression of the Children of Israel.
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who fear Allah.
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ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you more difficult to create or the heaven that He built?
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رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its vault high and proportioned it,
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وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
and darkened its night and brought forth its daylight.
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And thereafter He spread out the earth,
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أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
brought forth from it its water and its pasture,
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
and set the mountains firmly,
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مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
as a provision for you and your grazing livestock.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But when the Supreme Calamity comes[11],
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Translation footnote [11]
[11] i.e., the second Blast which marks the Day of judgment.
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يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
on that Day man will remember all what he did,
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
and the Blazing Fire will be exposed for all to see.
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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
As for those who transgressed,
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وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
and preferred the life of this world,
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
the Blazing Fire will be their abode.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires,
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Paradise will surely be their abode.
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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it be[12]?”
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Translation footnote [12]
[12] Lit., "established."
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فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
How could you possibly mention that?
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إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Its knowledge rests only with your Lord[13].
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Translation footnote [13]
[13] i.e., its end and termination. Its ultimate knowledge belongs to Allah alone.
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إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
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كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
On the Day when they see it[14], it will be as if they had remained [in this world] no more than an evening or a morning.
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Translation footnote [14]
[14] i.e., the Hour.