Text of verse 79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ١٣
Transliteration
fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun
Translation
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah An-Nazi’at, Verse 13
سورة النازعات، الآية ١٣
Verse 13 of Surah An-Nazi’at (79:13), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 583 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 13
Al-Mukhtasar
The matter of the resurrection is easy. It will only be a single scream from the angel appointed to blow.
Other translations of verse 13
It will only be a single Blast,
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
Surely it will need but one shout,
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
But it shall be only a single cry,
Yet, surely it shall be only one scaring (Cry),
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Verses related to verse 13
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Al-Isra 17:52
يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."
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Al-Qamar 54:50
وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
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An-Nahl 16:77
وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَآ أَمْرُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمْحِ ٱلْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
And to Allāh belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.
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As-Saffat 37:19
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.