Plain Arabic & English text (Surat An-Nazi'at)
Ayah 1
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًا
By those who extract violently
Ayah 2
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًا
And those who draw out gently
Ayah 3
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًا
And those who glide swimming
Ayah 4
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًا
And those who race each other (in) a race
Ayah 5
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
And those who arrange (the) matter
Ayah 6
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
(The) Day will quake the quaking one
Ayah 7
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Follows it the subsequent
Ayah 8
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts that Day will palpitate
Ayah 9
أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ
Their eyes humbled
Ayah 10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
They say Will we indeed be returned to the former state
Ayah 11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
What! When we are bones decayed
Ayah 12
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
They say This then (would be) a return losing
Ayah 13
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Then only it (will be) a shout single
Ayah 14
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
And behold They (will be) awakened
Ayah 15
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has (there) come to you (the) story (of) Musa
Ayah 16
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When called him his Lord in the valley the sacred (of) Tuwa
Ayah 17
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Go to Firaun Indeed, he (has) transgressed
Ayah 18
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say Would [for] you [to] [that] purify yourself
Ayah 19
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And I will guide you to your Lord so you would fear
Ayah 20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Then he showed him the sign the great
Ayah 21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But he denied and disobeyed
Ayah 22
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned his back striving
Ayah 23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered and called out
Ayah 24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Then he said I am your Lord the Most High
Ayah 25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
So seized him Allah (with) an exemplary punishment (for) the last and the first
Ayah 26
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Indeed in that surely (is) a lesson for whoever fears
Ayah 27
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or the heaven He constructed it
Ayah 28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it
Ayah 29
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And He darkened its night and brought out its brightness
Ayah 30
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And the earth after that He spread it
Ayah 31
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
He brought forth from it its water and its pasture
Ayah 32
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
And the mountains He made them firm
Ayah 33
مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
(As) a provision for you and for your cattle
Ayah 34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But when comes the Overwhelming Calamity the great
Ayah 35
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
(The) Day will remember man what he strove (for)
Ayah 36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And will be made manifest the Hellfire to (him) who sees
Ayah 37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
Then as for (him) who transgressed
Ayah 38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life (of) the world
Ayah 39
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed the Hellfire it (is) the refuge
Ayah 40
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
But as for (him) who feared standing (before) his Lord and restrained his soul from the vain desires
Ayah 41
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed Paradise it (is) the refuge
Ayah 42
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
They ask you about the Hour when (is) its arrival
Ayah 43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
In what (are) you [of] (to) mention it
Ayah 44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
To your Lord (is) its finality
Ayah 45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
Only you (are) a warner (for him) who fears it
Ayah 46
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
As though they (the) Day they see it not they had remained except an evening or a morning thereof
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surat An-Nazi'at?
Surat An-Nazi'at (النازعات) has 46 verses.
Was Surat An-Nazi'at revealed in Makkah or Madinah?
Surat An-Nazi'at was revealed in Makkah.
Which Quran pages is Surat An-Nazi'at on?
In the standard mushaf, Surat An-Nazi'at spans pages 583 to 584.
What is Surat An-Nazi'at about?
It is derived from the word wan-nazi`at with which the Surah opens.
English translation: The Clear Quran by Dr. Mustafa Khattab (Quran.com). Quran.com.