Read Surah An-Nazi'at — Full Text with Transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًۭا79:1

   Wan naazi 'aati gharqa

   By those [angels] who extract with violence

2. وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًۭا79:2

   Wan naa shi taati nashta

   And [by] those who remove with ease

3. وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًۭا79:3

   Wass saabi-haati sabha

   And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

4. فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًۭا79:4

   Fass saabi qaati sabqa

   And those who race each other in a race

5. فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا79:5

   Fal mu dab-bi raati amra

   And those who arrange [each] matter,

6. يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ79:6

   Yawma tarjufur raajifa

   On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

7. تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ79:7

   Tatba'u har raadifa

   There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8. قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ79:8

   Quloobuny-yau maaiziw-waaji-fa

   Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

9. أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌۭ79:9

   Absaa ruhaa khashi'ah

   Their eyes humbled.

10. يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ79:10

    Ya qoo loona a-inna lamar doo doona fil haafirah

    They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

11. أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ79:11

    Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah

    Even if we should be decayed bones?

12. قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ79:12

    Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah.

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

13. فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ79:13

    Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14. فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ79:14

    Faizaa hum biss saahirah

    And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

15. هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ79:15

    Hal ataaka hadeethu Musaa

    Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

16. إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى79:16

    Iz nadaahu rabbuhu bil waadil-muqad dasi tuwa

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

17. ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ79:17

    Izhab ilaa fir'auna innahu taghaa.

    "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

18. فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ79:18

    Faqul hal laka ilaa-an tazakka.

    And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

19. وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ79:19

    Wa ahdi yaka ila rabbika fatakh sha

    And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

20. فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ79:20

    Fa araahul-aayatal kubra.

    And he showed him the greatest sign,

21. فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ79:21

    Fa kazzaba wa asaa.

    But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

22. ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ79:22

    Thumma adbara yas'aa.

    Then he turned his back, striving.

23. فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ79:23

    Fa hashara fanada.

    And he gathered [his people] and called out

24. فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ79:24

    Faqala ana rabbu kumul-a'laa.

    And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

25. فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ79:25

    Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.

    So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

26. إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ79:26

    Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha

    Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

27. ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا79:27

    A-antum a shaddu khalqan amis samaa-u banaaha.

    Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

28. رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا79:28

    Raf'a sam kaha fasaw waaha

    He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

29. وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا79:29

    Wa aghtasha lailaha wa akhraja duhaaha.

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

30. وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ79:30

    Wal arda b'ada zaalika dahaaha.

    And after that He spread the earth.

31. أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا79:31

    Akhraja minha maa-aha wa mar 'aaha.

    He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32. وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا79:32

    Wal jibala arsaaha.

    And the mountains He set firmly

33. مَتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ79:33

    Mataa'al lakum wali an 'aamikum.

    As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

34. فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ79:34

    Fa-izaa jaaa'atit taaam matul kubraa.

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

35. يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ79:35

    Yauma Yata zakkarul insaanu ma sa'aa.

    The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

36. وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ79:36

    Wa burrizatil-jaheemu limany-yaraa.

    And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

37. فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ79:37

    Fa ammaa man taghaa.

    So as for he who transgressed

38. وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا79:38

    Wa aasaral hayaatad dunyaa

    And preferred the life of the world,

39. فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ79:39

    Fa innal jaheema hiyal maawaa.

    Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

40. وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ79:40

    Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa

    But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

41. فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ79:41

    Fa innal jannata hiyal maawaa

    Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

42. يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا79:42

    Yas'aloonaka 'anis saa'ati ayyaana mursaahaa

    They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

43. فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ79:43

    Feema anta min zikraahaa

    In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

44. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ79:44

    Ilaa Rabbika muntahaa haa

    To your Lord is its finality.

45. إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا79:45

    Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa

    You are only a warner for those who fear it.

46. كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا79:46

    Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

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