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

Ayah: 1

وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
1. By the (angels) who pull out (the souls of the deniers) harshly,
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Ayah: 2

وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
2. And by the (angels) who gently draw out the souls (of the believers),
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Ayah: 3

وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
3. By the (stars and planets) that float around in space swiftly,
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Ayah: 4

فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
4. And by the (angels) who race each other in a race¹,
1. To execute Allah's Commands.
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Ayah: 5

فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
5. And by the (angels) who regulate the affairs, (for you will be surely resurrected).
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Ayah: 6

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
6. On the Day when the blowing (of the) Trumpet, will convulse (the creation),
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Ayah: 7

تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
7. And will be followed by the second (Blowing of the Trumpet for Resurrection).
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Ayah: 8

قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
8. (Some) hearts that Day will tremble,
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Ayah: 9

أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
9. Their eyes cast down.
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Ayah: 10

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
10. (In this life) they say: "Shall we indeed be returned (after death) to (our) first state?
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Ayah: 11

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
11. Even when we are decayed bones?"
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Ayah: 12

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
12. They say: "That then would be a return with loss."
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Ayah: 13

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
13. But it (the second Blowing of the Trumpet for the Resurrection) will be only a single shout,
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Ayah: 14

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
14. When at once they will be (upon the surface of the earth) wakeful (alive).
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Ayah: 15

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
15. (Oh Muhammad) has there come to you the story of Moses?
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Ayah: 16

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
16. When his Lord (Allah) called to him in the pure valley of Tuwa,
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Ayah: 17

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
17. (Saying): "Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds."
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Ayah: 18

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
18. Then say: "Are you willing to purify yourself from (idolatry and sins)?
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Ayah: 19

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
19. And I will guide you to (Allah) your (real) Lord so that you may fear Him."
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Ayah: 20

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
20. So he (Moses) showed him the great Sign¹.
1. I.e., his staff becoming a manifest snake.
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Ayah: 21

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
21. But Pharaoh rejected it and disobeyed.
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Ayah: 22

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
22. Then he went back hastily.
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Ayah: 23

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
23. And gathered (his people) and called out,
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Ayah: 24

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
24. Saying: "I am your most exalted lord."
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Ayah: 25

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
25. So Allah seized him (in exemplary Punishment) for the last and the first².
2. Transgression i.e., for Pharaoh's setting himself as a deity and for his previous oppression of the people and denial of Moses's Message.
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Ayah: 26

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
26. There is a lesson in this for whosoever fears (Allah)!
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Ayah: 27

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
27. Are you harder to create, or the heaven that Allah constructed.
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Ayah: 28

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
28. He raised its ceiling high, and proportioned it,
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Ayah: 29

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

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
30. After this, He spread out the earth.
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Ayah: 31

أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
31. He brought forth from it its water and its pasture.
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Ayah: 32

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
32. And the mountains, He set firm,
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Ayah: 33

مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
33. A provision for you and for your cattle.
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Ayah: 34

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
34. When the great Overwhelming Calamity comes,
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Ayah: 35

يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
35. On that Day man will remember (all) what he strove for (of good or bad),
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Ayah: 36

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
36. Hellfire will become visible (for all) those who would see it,
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Ayah: 37

فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
37. As for him who has transgressed,
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Ayah: 38

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
38. And preferred the worldly life,
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Ayah: 39

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
39. Hell - that is his Home.
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Ayah: 40

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
40. But as for him who is in awe (being ever conscious of the) standing in the Presence of His Lord (Allah, for reckoning), and restrains his soul from lowly desires,
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Ayah: 41

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
41. Paradise - that is his Home.
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Ayah: 42

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
42. (Muhammad) they ask you, when will the Hour (of Doom) come.
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Ayah: 43

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
43. You have no knowledge to say anything about it (though you are one of its Signs).
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Ayah: 44

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
44. To (Allah) your Lord (alone) belongs (the Knowledge of) the time thereof.
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Ayah: 45

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
45. You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
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Ayah: 46

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
46. On the Day when they see it, it will seem to them as though they had not stayed (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
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Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur'an into the English language, translated by Abdullah Hasan Jacob.

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