79:1
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١
By those who pull out [evil souls][1] harshly,
Tafsir Notes
[1] Of the disbelievers.
سورة النازعاتSurah An-Nazi'at · Those who drag forth
Meccan46 ayahsPage 583–584Juz 30
Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi · murattal
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
79:2
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢
and by those who draw out [good souls][2] gently,
Tafsir Notes
[2] Of the believers.
79:3
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣
and by those who glide swiftly[3],
Tafsir Notes
[3] i.e., angels glide swiftly through the heavens and earth with Allah’s command.
79:4
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤
and those who overtake one another as in a race[4],
Tafsir Notes
[4] To execute Allah's commands.
79:5
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥
and those who carry out the command [of Allah],
79:6
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦
on the Day when the earth convulses [by the first Blast],
79:7
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧
followed by the second Blast,
79:8
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨
hearts[5] will be pounding on that Day,
Tafsir Notes
[5] Of those who denied the Resurrection.
79:9
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩
and their eyes[6] will be downcast.
Tafsir Notes
[6] Of the disbelievers.
79:10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠
They say, “Will we be brought back to life,
79:11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١
after we have turned into decayed bones[7]?”
Tafsir Notes
[7] They would say this in ridicule of the warning.
79:12
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢
They say, “Then that would surely be a losing return[8]!”
Tafsir Notes
[8] To one another.
79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣
It will only be a single Blast,
79:14
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤
then they will immediately be above the ground.
79:15
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥
Has there come to you the story of Moses,
79:16
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦
when his Lord called out to him at the sacred valley of Tuwa?
79:17
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧
[Saying,] “Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds”.
79:18
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨
And say: ‘Are you willing to be purified,
79:19
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩
and I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?’”
79:20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠
Then Moses showed him the greatest sign[9].
Tafsir Notes
[9] i.e., the miracle of the staff turning into a snake. See 20:17-23.
79:21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١
But Pharaoh denied it and disobeyed.
79:22
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢
Then he turned back striving to plot.
79:23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣
He gathered [his people] and proclaimed,
79:24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤
saying, “I am your lord, the most high.”
79:25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥
So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter[10].
Tafsir Notes
[10] Or for his claim of being the greatest god and for his previous oppression of the Children of Israel.
79:26
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦
Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who fear Allah.
79:27
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧
Are you more difficult to create or the heaven that He built?
79:28
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨
He raised its vault high and proportioned it,
79:29
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩
and darkened its night and brought forth its daylight.
79:30
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠
And thereafter He spread out the earth,
79:31
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١
brought forth from it its water and its pasture,
79:32
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢
and set the mountains firmly,
79:33
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣
as a provision for you and your grazing livestock.
79:34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤
But when the Supreme Calamity comes[11],
Tafsir Notes
[11] i.e., the second Blast which marks the Day of judgment.
79:35
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥
on that Day man will remember all what he did,
79:36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦
and the Blazing Fire will be exposed for all to see.
79:37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧
As for those who transgressed,
79:38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨
and preferred the life of this world,
79:39
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩
the Blazing Fire will be their abode.
79:40
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠
But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires,
79:41
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١
Paradise will surely be their abode.
79:42
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢
They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it be[12]?”
Tafsir Notes
[12] Lit., "established."
79:43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣
How could you possibly mention that?
79:44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤
Its knowledge rests only with your Lord[13].
Tafsir Notes
[13] i.e., its end and termination. Its ultimate knowledge belongs to Allah alone.
79:45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
79:46
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦
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.
Tafsir Notes
[14] i.e., the Hour.
Sources
- Mushaf text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex (Madinah), narration of Hafs from ʿAsim, in the Uthmani script.
- Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19, QuranEnc.com
- Al-Mukhtasar in Interpreting the Noble Quran — QuranEnc.com, retrieved 2026-09-14
- Recitation: Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi (murattal), via quran.com and everyayah.com.
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