Surah An-Nāzi`āt (Those who drag forth) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. والنازعات غرقا

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   By those [angels] who wrest [the soul] violently,

   wa-n-nāziʿāti gharqan

2. والناشطات نشطا

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   by those who draw [it] out gently,

   wa-n-nāshiṭāti nashṭan

3. والسابحات سبحا

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   by those who swim smoothly,

   wa-s-sābiḥāti sabḥan

4. فالسابقات سبقا

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   by those who, racing, take the lead,

   fa-s-sābiqāti sabqan

5. فالمدبرات أمرا

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   by those who direct the affairs [of creatures]:

   fa-l-mudabbirāti ʾamran

6. يوم ترجف الراجفة

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   the day when the Quaker quakes

   yawma tarjufu r-rājifatu

7. تتبعها الرادفة

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   and is followed by the Successor,

   tatbaʿuhā r-rādifatu

8. قلوب يومئذ واجفة

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   hearts will be trembling on that day,

   qulūbun yawmaʾidhin wājifatun

9. أبصارها خاشعة

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   bearing a humbled look.

   ʾabṣāruhā khāshiʿatun

10. يقولون أإنا لمردودون في الحافرة

    10

    They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state?

    yaqūlūna ʾa-ʾinnā la-mardūdūna fī l-ḥāfirati

11. أإذا كنا عظاما نخرة

    11

    What, even after we have been decayed bones?!’

    ʾa-ʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhiratan

12. قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة

    12

    They will say, ‘This is, then, a ruinous return!’

    qālū tilka ʾidhan karratun khāsiratun

13. فإنما هي زجرة واحدة

    13

    Yet it will be only a single shout,

    fa-ʾinnamā hiya zajratun wāḥidatun

14. فإذا هم بالساهرة

    14

    and behold, they will be awake.

    fa-ʾidhā hum bi-s-sāhirati

15. هل أتاك حديث موسى

    15

    Did you receive the story of Moses,

    hal ʾatāka ḥadīthu mūsā