وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا ١
wal-nāziʿāti gharqan
1. By those [angels] who extract with violence1833
Notes
[1833] i.e., those who tear out the souls of those destined for Hell.
Surah An-Nazi’at transliteration
سورة النازعات
Here is Surah An-Nazi’at (“Those Who Drag Forth”) in transliteration: each of its 46 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا ٢
wal-nāshiṭāti nashṭan
2. And [by] those who remove with ease1834
Notes
[1834] i.e., those angels who ease out the souls of those destined for Paradise.
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا ٣
wal-sābiḥāti sabḥan
3. And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming1835
Notes
[1835] Speeding to execute Allāh's commands.
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا ٤
fal-sābiqāti sabqan
4. And those who race each other in a race1836
Notes
[1836] Racing to deliver the souls of the believers to Paradise.
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا ٥
fal-mudabirāti amran
5. And those who arrange [each] matter,1837
Notes
[1837] According to Allāh's decree.
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦
yawma tarjufu l-rājifatu
6. On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧
tatbaʿuhā l-rādifatu
7. There will follow it the subsequent [one].
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨
qulūbun yawma-idhin wājifatun
8. Hearts,1838 that Day, will tremble,
Notes
[1838] Those of the disbelievers who denied the Resurrection.
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ ٩
abṣāruhā khāshiʿatun
9. Their eyes1839 humbled.
Notes
[1839] Those of the disbelievers.
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ ١٠
yaqūlūna a-innā lamardūdūna fī l-ḥāfirati
10. They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً ١١
a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhiratan
11. Even if we should be decayed bones?"1840
Notes
[1840] The disbelievers say this in ridicule of the warning.
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ١٢
qālū til'ka idhan karratun khāsiratun
12. They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."1841
Notes
[1841] i.e., "If that were so, we would not be able to escape punishment."
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ١٣
fa-innamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun
13. Indeed, it will be but one shout,
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤
fa-idhā hum bil-sāhirati
14. And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥
hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā
15. Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦
idh nādāhu rabbuhu bil-wādi l-muqadasi ṭuwan
16. When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧
idh'hab ilā fir'ʿawna innahu ṭaghā
17. "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā
18. And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ١٩
wa-ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā
19. And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ٢٠
fa-arāhu l-āyata l-kub'rā
20. And he showed him the greatest sign,1842
Notes
[1842] i.e., the miracle of his staff becoming a great snake.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١
fakadhaba waʿaṣā
21. But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ٢٢
thumma adbara yasʿā
22. Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].1843
Notes
[1843] An alternative meaning is "running [from the snake]."
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣
faḥashara fanādā
23. And he gathered [his people] and called out
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٢٤
faqāla anā rabbukumu l-aʿlā
24. And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥
fa-akhadhahu l-lahu nakāla l-ākhirati wal-ūlā
25. So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].1844.
Notes
[1844] i.e., for Pharaoh's setting himself up as a deity and for his previous oppression of the people and denial of Moses.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ ٢٦
inna fī dhālika laʿib'ratan liman yakhshā
26. Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧
a-antum ashaddu khalqan ami l-samāu banāhā
27. Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨
rafaʿa samkahā fasawwāhā
28. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩
wa-aghṭasha laylahā wa-akhraja ḍuḥāhā
29. And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.1845
Notes
[1845] i.e., created the day from within the surrounding darkness.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠
wal-arḍa baʿda dhālika daḥāhā
30. And after that He spread the earth.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا ٣١
akhraja min'hā māahā wamarʿāhā
31. He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا ٣٢
wal-jibāla arsāhā
32. And the mountains He set firmly
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ٣٣
matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum
33. As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ٣٤
fa-idhā jāati l-ṭāmatu l-kub'rā
34. But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity1846 -
Notes
[1846] i.e., the Day of Resurrection.
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥
yawma yatadhakkaru l-insānu mā saʿā
35. The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦
waburrizati l-jaḥīmu liman yarā
36. And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧
fa-ammā man ṭaghā
37. So as for he who transgressed
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ٣٨
waāthara l-ḥayata l-dun'yā
38. And preferred the life of the world,
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ٣٩
fa-inna l-jaḥīma hiya l-mawā
39. Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ٤٠
wa-ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihi wanahā l-nafsa ʿani l-hawā
40. But as for he who feared the position of his Lord1847 and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
Notes
[1847] See footnote to 55:46.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ ٤١
fa-inna l-janata hiya l-mawā
41. Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ٤٢
yasalūnaka ʿani l-sāʿati ayyāna mur'sāhā
42. They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?1848
Notes
[1848] Literally, "resting" or "establishment."
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ ٤٣
fīma anta min dhik'rāhā
43. In what [position] are you that you should mention it?1849
Notes
[1849] Meaning that Muḥammad (ﷺ) had no knowledge of it, so how could he inform them?
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤
ilā rabbika muntahāhā
44. To your Lord is its finality.1850
Notes
[1850] i.e., its destination and termination. And to Him belongs ultimate knowledge of it.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا ٤٥
innamā anta mundhiru man yakhshāhā
45. You are only a warner for those who fear it.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦
ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā
46. It will be, on the Day they see it,1851 as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
Notes
[1851] i.e., the Hour, the Resurrection.
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