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Tafsir of Surah An-Nazi'at (79) — Those who drag forth · النازعات
Meccan surah, 46 ayat. Read the whole surah
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An-Nazi'at 79:1
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
Tafsir 79:1
Allah takes an oath on the angels who pull out the souls of the disbelievers with severity and harshness.
An-Nazi'at 79:2
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا
And [by] those who remove with ease
Tafsir 79:2
And He also takes an oath on the angels who gently remove the souls of the believers with ease and smoothness.
An-Nazi'at 79:3
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
Tafsir 79:3
He also takes an oath on the angels who float from the heavens to the earth, by the command of Allah.
An-Nazi'at 79:4
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا
And those who race each other in a race
Tafsir 79:4
And He also takes an oath on the angels who compete with one another to carry out the command of Allah.
An-Nazi'at 79:5
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا
And those who arrange [each] matter
Tafsir 79:5
He also takes an oath on the angels who execute the decree of Allah that He has commanded them to, i.e. the angels appointed to the deeds of the servants. He takes an oath on all that, that He will definitely resurrect them for accounting and requital.
An-Nazi'at 79:6
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation]
Tafsir 79:6
On the day when the earth will tremble upon the first blowing of the horn.
An-Nazi'at 79:7
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one]
Tafsir 79:7
The second blow will follow it.
An-Nazi'at 79:8
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble
Tafsir 79:8
The hearts of some people will be fearful on that day.
An-Nazi'at 79:9
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ
Their eyes humbled
Tafsir 79:9
The effects of humiliation will be apparent on their faces.
An-Nazi'at 79:10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]
Tafsir 79:10
They would say: “Will we be returned to life after we have died?”
An-Nazi'at 79:11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ
Even if we should be decayed bones
Tafsir 79:11
“When we will become decomposed, empty bones, will we be returned then?!”
An-Nazi'at 79:12
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return
Tafsir 79:12
They say: “If we are returned, that return will be a loss, and the person returning will be defrauded.”
An-Nazi'at 79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
Indeed, it will be but one shout
Tafsir 79:13
The matter of the resurrection is easy. It will only be a single scream from the angel appointed to blow.
An-Nazi'at 79:14
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface
Tafsir 79:14
Then suddenly, everyone will be alive on the face of the earth, after they were dead within it.
An-Nazi'at 79:15
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has there reached you the story of Moses
Tafsir 79:15
O Messenger! Has the news of Moses, his Lord and enemy, Pharaoh, come to you?
An-Nazi'at 79:16
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Tafsir 79:16
When his Lord may He be glorified called out to him at the blessed valley of Tuwa.
An-Nazi'at 79:17
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed
Tafsir 79:17
Among the things He said to him was: “Go to Pharaoh; indeed, he has trespassed the limits of oppression and arrogance.”
An-Nazi'at 79:18
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
Tafsir 79:18
“Then say to him: “O Pharaoh! Do you want to purify yourself from disbelief and sins?”
An-Nazi'at 79:19
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]
Tafsir 79:19
“I will guide you to your Lord who has created you and provided for you so that you can fear Him and act according to His pleasure, together with refraining from things that cause His wrath.”
An-Nazi'at 79:20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign
Tafsir 79:20
Moses (peace be upon him) then showed him the great miracle that proved he was a Messenger from his Lord, i.e. the Hand and the Staff.
An-Nazi'at 79:21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed
Tafsir 79:21
Pharaoh did not do anything except reject these signs, and disobeyed the instruction Moses (peace be upon him) gave to him.
An-Nazi'at 79:22
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving
Tafsir 79:22
He then turned away from bringing faith in what Moses had brought.
An-Nazi'at 79:23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
Tafsir 79:23
And turned his attention to mobilising his armies to overpower Moses. He called out to his people, saying:
An-Nazi'at 79:24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord
Tafsir 79:24
“I am your highest Lord; you are not to be obedient to anyone except me.”
An-Nazi'at 79:25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]
Tafsir 79:25
So Allah seized him and punished him in the world by drowning him in the sea, and He will punish him in the afterlife by entering him into the severest punishment.
An-Nazi'at 79:26
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]
Tafsir 79:26
Indeed, in My punishing of Pharaoh in the world and the afterlife, there is admonition for the one who fears Allah, because it is he who benefits from the admonitions.
An-Nazi'at 79:27
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it
Tafsir 79:27
O rejectors of the resurrection! Is your origination, or the origination of the heavens that He has created, harder for Allah?
An-Nazi'at 79:28
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it
Tafsir 79:28
He raised the peak of the heaven vertically, and made it smooth: there is no break, crack or defect in it.
An-Nazi'at 79:29
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness
Tafsir 79:29
And He darkened its night when the sun set, while manifesting its light when it rose.
An-Nazi'at 79:30
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that He spread the earth
Tafsir 79:30
As for the earth after He created the heavens, He spread it out and placed within it its benefits.
An-Nazi'at 79:31
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture
Tafsir 79:31
He extracted water from it in the form of flowing springs, and made plants grow on it which the livestock graze.
An-Nazi'at 79:32
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
Tafsir 79:32
And He made the mountains stand firm on the earth.
An-Nazi'at 79:33
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
As provision for you and your grazing livestock
Tafsir 79:33
O people! All that is for your benefit, and for the benefit of your livestock. So whoever created all that, is not incapable of recreating you anew.
An-Nazi'at 79:34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity
Tafsir 79:34
So when the second blowing will come, which will cover everything with its terror, and the judgement will occur.
An-Nazi'at 79:35
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove
Tafsir 79:35
On the day when it will come, the human will remember what deeds he sent forth: whether good or bad.
An-Nazi'at 79:36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see
Tafsir 79:36
And hell will be brought and unveiled clearly for all to see.
An-Nazi'at 79:37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
Tafsir 79:37
As for the one who transgressed the limits into deviance.
An-Nazi'at 79:38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
And preferred the life of the world
Tafsir 79:38
And gave priority to the temporary worldly life over the everlasting afterlife.
An-Nazi'at 79:39
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge
Tafsir 79:39
Then indeed, the hellfire is his abode he will take shelter towards.
An-Nazi'at 79:40
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination
Tafsir 79:40
40 & 41. And as for the one who feared his standing before his Lord and stopped himself from following his desires that were made impermissible by Allah, then Paradise is his abode he will take shelter towards.
An-Nazi'at 79:41
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge
Tafsir 79:41
40 & 41. And as for the one who feared his standing before his Lord and stopped himself from following his desires that were made impermissible by Allah, then Paradise is his abode he will take shelter towards.
An-Nazi'at 79:42
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival
Tafsir 79:42
O Messenger! These rejectors of the resurrection ask you: “When will the Hour occur?”
An-Nazi'at 79:43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
In what [position] are you that you should mention it
Tafsir 79:43
You do not have any knowledge regarding it that you can mention to them; nor is it befitting of your duty to, because your duty is only to prepare for it.
An-Nazi'at 79:44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is its finality
Tafsir 79:44
The total knowledge of the Hour is with your Lord alone.
An-Nazi'at 79:45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it
Tafsir 79:45
You are only a warner to the one who fears the Hour, because he is the one who benefits from your warning.
An-Nazi'at 79:46
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof
Tafsir 79:46
It is as if on the day they see the Hour for themselves, they will not have remained in their worldly lives except for a single evening or morning.
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