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Surah An-Nazi'at for Kids

سورة النازعات

Those who drag forth · 46 ayat · Juz 30 · Makki

What is Surah An-Nazi'at about?

Allah sent Prophet Musa to Pharaoh and told him to speak gently. Whoever respects Allah and controls their wrong wishes will have Jannah as their home. Surah An-Nazi'at (Those who drag forth) is surah number 79 of the Quran, a Makki surah of 46 ayat in Juz 30. It is number 37 in the Noor Garden memorization path for kids.

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Surah An-Nazi'at full text with English translation

Uthmani Arabic text with the Sahih International English translation under each ayah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًۭا

    By those [angels] who extract with violence

  2. 2

    وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًۭا

    And [by] those who remove with ease

  3. 3

    وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًۭا

    And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

  4. 4

    فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًۭا

    And those who race each other in a race

  5. 5

    فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا

    And those who arrange [each] matter,

  6. 6

    يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

    On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

  7. 7

    تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

    There will follow it the subsequent [one].

  8. 8

    قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ

    Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

  9. 9

    أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌۭ

    Their eyes humbled.

  10. 10

    يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

    They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

  11. 11

    أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ

    Even if we should be decayed bones?"

  12. 12

    قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ

    They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

  13. 13

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

  14. 14

    فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

    And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

  15. 15

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

    Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

  16. 16

    إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

    When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

  17. 17

    ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

    "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

  18. 18

    فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

  19. 19

    وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ

    And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

  20. 20

    فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    And he showed him the greatest sign,

  21. 21

    فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

    But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

  22. 22

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

    Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].

  23. 23

    فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

    And he gathered [his people] and called out.

  24. 24

    فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

    And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

  25. 25

    فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

    So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..

  26. 26

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

    Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

  27. 27

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

    Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

  28. 28

    رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

  29. 29

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

  30. 30

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

    And after that He spread the earth.

  31. 31

    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

    He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

  32. 32

    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

    And the mountains He set firmly

  33. 33

    مَتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

    As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

  34. 34

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

  35. 35

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

    The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

  36. 36

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

    And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

  37. 37

    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

    So as for he who transgressed

  38. 38

    وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    And preferred the life of the world,

  39. 39

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

  40. 40

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

    But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

  41. 41

    فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ

    Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

  42. 42

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا

    They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

  43. 43

    فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ

    In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

  44. 44

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ

    To your Lord is its finality.

  45. 45

    إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

    You are only a warner for those who fear it.

  46. 46

    كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ 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.

Surah An-Nazi'at word by word

Every word of the surah with its pronunciation and English meaning, in reading order.

ArabicTransliterationMeaning
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِwal-nāziʿātiBy those who extract
غَرْقًۭاgharqanviolently
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِwal-nāshiṭātiAnd those who draw out
نَشْطًۭاnashṭangently
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِwal-sābiḥātiAnd those who glide
سَبْحًۭاsabḥanswimming
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِfal-sābiqātiAnd those who race each other
سَبْقًۭاsabqan(in) a race
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِfal-mudabirātiAnd those who arrange
أَمْرًۭاamran(the) matter
يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
تَرْجُفُtarjufuwill quake
ٱلرَّاجِفَةُl-rājifatuthe quaking one
تَتْبَعُهَاtatbaʿuhāFollows it
ٱلرَّادِفَةُl-rādifatuthe subsequent
قُلُوبٌۭqulūbunHearts
يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
وَاجِفَةٌwājifatunwill palpitate
أَبْصَـٰرُهَاabṣāruhāTheir eyes
خَـٰشِعَةٌۭkhāshiʿatunhumbled
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaThey say
أَءِنَّاa-innāWill we
لَمَرْدُودُونَlamardūdūnaindeed be returned
فِىfīto
ٱلْحَافِرَةِl-ḥāfiratithe former state
أَءِذَاa-idhāWhat! When
كُنَّاkunnāwe are
عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāmanbones
نَّخِرَةًۭnakhiratandecayed
قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
تِلْكَtil'kaThis
إِذًۭاidhanthen
كَرَّةٌkarratun(would be) a return
خَاسِرَةٌۭkhāsiratunlosing
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāThen only
هِىَhiyait
زَجْرَةٌۭzajratun(will be) a shout
وَٰحِدَةٌۭwāḥidatunsingle
فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd behold
هُمhumThey
بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِbil-sāhirati(will be) awakened
هَلْhalHas
أَتَىٰكَatāka(there) come to you
حَدِيثُḥadīthu(the) story
مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa
إِذْidhWhen
نَادَىٰهُnādāhucalled him
رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
بِٱلْوَادِbil-wādiin the valley
ٱلْمُقَدَّسِl-muqadasithe sacred
طُوًىṭuwan(of) Tuwa
ٱذْهَبْidh'habGo
إِلَىٰilāto
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
طَغَىٰṭaghā(has) transgressed
فَقُلْfaqulAnd say
هَلhalWould
لَّكَlaka[for] you
إِلَىٰٓilā[to]
أَنan[that]
تَزَكَّىٰtazakkāpurify yourself
وَأَهْدِيَكَwa-ahdiyakaAnd I will guide you
إِلَىٰilāto
رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
فَتَخْشَىٰfatakhshāso you would fear
فَأَرَىٰهُfa-arāhuThen he showed him
ٱلْـَٔايَةَl-āyatathe sign
ٱلْكُبْرَىٰl-kub'rāthe great
فَكَذَّبَfakadhabaBut he denied
وَعَصَىٰwaʿaṣāand disobeyed
ثُمَّthummaThen
أَدْبَرَadbarahe turned his back
يَسْعَىٰyasʿāstriving
فَحَشَرَfaḥasharaAnd he gathered
فَنَادَىٰfanādāand called out
فَقَالَfaqālaThen he said
أَنَا۠anāI am
رَبُّكُمُrabbukumuyour Lord
ٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlāthe Most High
فَأَخَذَهُfa-akhadhahuSo seized him
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
نَكَالَnakāla(with) an exemplary punishment
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(for) the last
وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓwal-ūlāand the first
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَعِبْرَةًۭlaʿib'ratansurely (is) a lesson
لِّمَنlimanfor whoever
يَخْشَىٰٓyakhshāfears
ءَأَنتُمْa-antumAre you
أَشَدُّashaddua more difficult
خَلْقًاkhalqancreation
أَمِamior
ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚl-samāuthe heaven
بَنَىٰهَاbanāhāHe constructed it
رَفَعَrafaʿaHe raised
سَمْكَهَاsamkahāits ceiling
فَسَوَّىٰهَاfasawwāhāand proportioned it
وَأَغْطَشَwa-aghṭashaAnd He darkened
لَيْلَهَاlaylahāits night
وَأَخْرَجَwa-akhrajaand brought out
ضُحَىٰهَاḍuḥāhāits brightness
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaAnd the earth
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
دَحَىٰهَآdaḥāhāHe spread it
أَخْرَجَakhrajaHe brought forth
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
مَآءَهَاmāahāits water
وَمَرْعَىٰهَاwamarʿāhāand its pasture
وَٱلْجِبَالَwal-jibālaAnd the mountains
أَرْسَىٰهَاarsāhāHe made them firm
مَتَـٰعًۭاmatāʿan(As) a provision
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْwali-anʿāmikumand for your cattle
فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
جَآءَتِjāaticomes
ٱلطَّآمَّةُl-ṭāmatuthe Overwhelming Calamity
ٱلْكُبْرَىٰl-kub'rāthe great
يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
يَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkaruwill remember
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
مَاmāwhat
سَعَىٰsaʿāhe strove (for)
وَبُرِّزَتِwaburrizatiAnd will be made manifest
ٱلْجَحِيمُl-jaḥīmuthe Hellfire
لِمَنlimanto (him) who
يَرَىٰyarāsees
فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as for
مَنman(him) who
طَغَىٰṭaghātransgressed
وَءَاثَرَwaātharaAnd preferred
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
فَإِنَّfa-innaThen indeed
ٱلْجَحِيمَl-jaḥīmathe Hellfire
هِىَhiyait
ٱلْمَأْوَىٰl-mawā(is) the refuge
وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as for
مَنْman(him) who
خَافَkhāfafeared
مَقَامَmaqāmastanding
رَبِّهِۦrabbihi(before) his Lord
وَنَهَىwanahāand restrained
ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsahis soul
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلْهَوَىٰl-hawāthe vain desires
فَإِنَّfa-innaThen indeed
ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataParadise
هِىَhiyait (is)
ٱلْمَأْوَىٰl-mawāthe refuge
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatithe Hour
أَيَّانَayyānawhen
مُرْسَىٰهَاmur'sāhā(is) its arrival
فِيمَfīmaIn what
أَنتَanta(are) you
مِنmin[of]
ذِكْرَىٰهَآdhik'rāhā(to) mention it
إِلَىٰilāTo
رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
مُنتَهَىٰهَآmuntahāhā(is) its finality
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أَنتَantayou
مُنذِرُmundhiru(are) a warner
مَنman(for him) who
يَخْشَىٰهَاyakhshāhāfears it
كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumAs though they
يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
يَرَوْنَهَاyarawnahāthey see it
لَمْlamnot
يَلْبَثُوٓا۟yalbathūthey had remained
إِلَّاillāexcept
عَشِيَّةًʿashiyyatanan evening
أَوْawor
ضُحَىٰهَاḍuḥāhāa morning thereof

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Surah An-Nazi'at facts

Surah number
79
Ayat
46
Revelation
Makki (Makkah)
Juz
30
In the Mushaf
Pages 583–584
Position in Noor Garden path
37 of 49
Reciter
Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Questions parents ask

What is the lesson of Surah An-Nazi'at for kids?

Allah sent Prophet Musa to Pharaoh and told him to speak gently. Whoever respects Allah and controls their wrong wishes will have Jannah as their home. Read the meaning of each ayah above, then talk with your child about one way to live this lesson today.

How long does it take a child to memorize Surah An-Nazi'at?

Surah An-Nazi'at has 46 ayat. With 46 ayat it is best learned in 10 parts of 5 ayat. Many children take several weeks, one part at a time with daily review. Steady practice matters more than speed.

Is Surah An-Nazi'at Makki or Madani?

Surah An-Nazi'at is a Makki surah, which means it was revealed in Makkah, before the Hijrah. It is surah number 79 in the order of the Mushaf and is found in Juz 30.

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Arabic text and word meanings via Quran.com · Translation: Sahih International · Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy.