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Translation of the meanings Surah: An-Nāzi‘āt   Ayah:
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An-Nāzi‘āt

Ayah: 1

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
By those who pull out [evil souls][1] harshly,
[1] Of the disbelievers.
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Ayah: 2

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
and by those who draw out [good souls][2] gently,
[2] Of the believers.
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Ayah: 3

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
and by those who glide swiftly[3],
[3] i.e., angels glide swiftly through the heavens and earth with Allah’s command.
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Ayah: 4

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
and those who overtake one another as in a race[4],
[4] To execute Allah's commands.
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Ayah: 5

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
and those who carry out the command [of Allah],
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Ayah: 6

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
on the Day when the earth convulses [by the first Blast],
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Ayah: 7

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
followed by the second Blast,
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Ayah: 8

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
hearts[5] will be pounding on that Day,
[5] Of those who denied the Resurrection.
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Ayah: 9

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
and their eyes[6] will be downcast.
[6] Of the disbelievers.
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Ayah: 10

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
They say, “Will we be brought back to life,
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Ayah: 11

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
after we have turned into decayed bones[7]?”
[7] They would say this in ridicule of the warning.
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Ayah: 12

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
They say, “Then that would surely be a losing return[8]!”
[8] To one another.
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Ayah: 13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
It will only be a single Blast,
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Ayah: 14

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
then they will immediately be above the ground.
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Ayah: 15

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has there come to you the story of Moses,
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Ayah: 16

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
when his Lord called out to him at the sacred valley of Tuwa?
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Ayah: 17

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
[Saying,] “Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds”.
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Ayah: 18

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say: ‘Are you willing to be purified,
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Ayah: 19

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
and I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?’”
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Ayah: 20

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Then Moses showed him the greatest sign[9].
[9] i.e., the miracle of the staff turning into a snake. See 20:17-23.
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Ayah: 21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied it and disobeyed.
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Ayah: 22

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Then he turned back striving to plot.
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Ayah: 23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
He gathered [his people] and proclaimed,
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Ayah: 24

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
saying, “I am your lord, the most high.”
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Ayah: 25

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter[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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Ayah: 26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who fear Allah.
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Ayah: 27

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you more difficult to create or the heaven that He built?
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Ayah: 28

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its vault high and proportioned it,
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Ayah: 29

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
and darkened its night and brought forth its daylight.
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Ayah: 30

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And thereafter He spread out the earth,
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Ayah: 31

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
brought forth from it its water and its pasture,
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Ayah: 32

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
and set the mountains firmly,
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Ayah: 33

مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
as a provision for you and your grazing livestock.
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Ayah: 34

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
But when the Supreme Calamity comes[11],
[11] i.e., the second Blast which marks the Day of judgment.
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Ayah: 35

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
on that Day man will remember all what he did,
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Ayah: 36

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
and the Blazing Fire will be exposed for all to see.
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Ayah: 37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
As for those who transgressed,
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Ayah: 38

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
and preferred the life of this world,
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Ayah: 39

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
the Blazing Fire will be their abode.
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Ayah: 40

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires,
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Ayah: 41

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Paradise will surely be their abode.
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Ayah: 42

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it be[12]?”
[12] Lit., "established."
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Ayah: 43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
How could you possibly mention that?
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Ayah: 44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Its knowledge rests only with your Lord[13].
[13] i.e., its end and termination. Its ultimate knowledge belongs to Allah alone.
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Ayah: 45

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
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Ayah: 46

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ 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.
[14] i.e., the Hour.
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