Surah 79 · Meccan · 46 Verses
النازعات
SURAH AN-NAZI'AT
Those Who Drag Forth
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
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تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
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يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
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فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
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فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
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إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
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ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
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فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
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وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
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فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
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فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out
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فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
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فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
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ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
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رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
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وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that He spread the earth.
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أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
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مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
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يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
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وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
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وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life of the world,
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
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فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
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إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
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كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا
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About This Surah
Surah An-Nazi'at opens with oaths whose precise referents require interpretive humility, then presents resurrection, Moses’ mission to Pharaoh, and signs in heaven and earth. Pharaoh’s tyranny ends despite claims of supremacy. The final verses state that knowledge of the Hour’s timing belongs to God, excluding date-setting. Creation language must not be forced into simplistic astronomy or earth-shape claims.
An-Nazi'at begins with a sequence of oaths often associated in interpretation with angels or forces carrying out divine commands. Because the wording has interpretive discussion, this page does not present imaginative anatomy or one disputed identification as explicit certainty.
The first blast and the following one shake hearts, and people question whether they will return after becoming decayed bones. Their resurrection is described as one decisive cry.
Moses is called in the sacred valley and sent to Pharaoh, who transgresses, rejects the sign, gathers people, and proclaims supreme lordship. His consequence becomes a warning. The story condemns tyrannical self-deification without authorizing private violence or casual labeling of every modern opponent as Pharaoh.
The surah asks whether human creation is harder than the heaven God built, raised, darkened, and brightened, then mentions earth spread out, water, pasture, and mountains. These verses support resurrection and provision. They should not be used as simplistic proof in modern debates about the earth’s geometric shape or as a complete cosmology.
The overwhelming event exposes priorities. Those who feared standing before God and restrained destructive desire receive the Garden. The Messenger is asked about the Hour and told that its final knowledge belongs to God. No date, countdown, or headline mapping is allowed.
Core Themes
- Oaths requiring interpretive humility
- Resurrection after decayed bones
- Moses confronting Pharaoh’s supremacy
- Created heaven and habitable earth
- Restraint before final accountability
- The Hour’s timing reserved to God
Structure
Verses 1-14: Opening oaths and sudden resurrection — 1-14
This section develops opening oaths and sudden resurrection across verses 1-14. Read it as part of Surah An-Nazi'at’s complete sequence; it does not independently create a private ruling, diagnosis, prediction, punishment power, or guaranteed outcome.
Verses 15-26: Moses, Pharaoh, and tyrannical supremacy — 15-26
This section develops moses, pharaoh, and tyrannical supremacy across verses 15-26. Read it as part of Surah An-Nazi'at’s complete sequence; it does not independently create a private ruling, diagnosis, prediction, punishment power, or guaranteed outcome.
Verses 27-33: Heaven, earth, water, pasture, and mountains — 27-33
This section develops heaven, earth, water, pasture, and mountains across verses 27-33. Read it as part of Surah An-Nazi'at’s complete sequence; it does not independently create a private ruling, diagnosis, prediction, punishment power, or guaranteed outcome.
Verses 34-46: The overwhelming event and the Hour’s hidden timing — 34-46
This section develops the overwhelming event and the hour’s hidden timing across verses 34-46. Read it as part of Surah An-Nazi'at’s complete sequence; it does not independently create a private ruling, diagnosis, prediction, punishment power, or guaranteed outcome.
Reading Guide
Safety-focused reading step 1
Keep this boundary visible: Opening-oath referents must not be embellished or presented as unanimous certainty. Compare the relevant passage with the complete surah before drawing any contemporary conclusion.
Safety-focused reading step 2
Keep this boundary visible: Pharaoh language does not authorize private violence or casual labels for modern opponents. Compare the relevant passage with the complete surah before drawing any contemporary conclusion.
Safety-focused reading step 3
Keep this boundary visible: Earth and heaven verses are not simplistic geometric or cosmological proof texts. Compare the relevant passage with the complete surah before drawing any contemporary conclusion.
Safety-focused reading step 4
Keep this boundary visible: The Hour’s timing belongs to God; no date, countdown, or current-event mapping is permitted. Compare the relevant passage with the complete surah before drawing any contemporary conclusion.
Key Passages
Opening oaths and sudden resurrection — 1-14
Verses 1-14 address opening oaths and sudden resurrection. Their placement in Surah An-Nazi'at supplies the immediate context; this overview identifies the movement without turning it into a stand-alone legal ruling, clinical diagnosis, current-event prediction, private enforcement authority, or guaranteed worldly result.
Moses, Pharaoh, and tyrannical supremacy — 15-26
Verses 15-26 address moses, pharaoh, and tyrannical supremacy. Their placement in Surah An-Nazi'at supplies the immediate context; this overview identifies the movement without turning it into a stand-alone legal ruling, clinical diagnosis, current-event prediction, private enforcement authority, or guaranteed worldly result.
Heaven, earth, water, pasture, and mountains — 27-33
Verses 27-33 address heaven, earth, water, pasture, and mountains. Their placement in Surah An-Nazi'at supplies the immediate context; this overview identifies the movement without turning it into a stand-alone legal ruling, clinical diagnosis, current-event prediction, private enforcement authority, or guaranteed worldly result.
The overwhelming event and the Hour’s hidden timing — 34-46
Verses 34-46 address the overwhelming event and the hour’s hidden timing. Their placement in Surah An-Nazi'at supplies the immediate context; this overview identifies the movement without turning it into a stand-alone legal ruling, clinical diagnosis, current-event prediction, private enforcement authority, or guaranteed worldly result.
Recitation Note
No exclusive time, fixed repetition count, or guaranteed worldly outcome is asserted here for reciting Surah An-Nazi'at. Reading it is worship and study; any claim about protection, healing, provision, family outcomes, or a prescribed number requires separate exact evidence and narrow wording.
Interpretation Limits
- Opening-oath referents must not be embellished or presented as unanimous certainty.
- Pharaoh language does not authorize private violence or casual labels for modern opponents.
- Earth and heaven verses are not simplistic geometric or cosmological proof texts.
- The Hour’s timing belongs to God; no date, countdown, or current-event mapping is permitted.