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.
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
وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ غَرْقًۭا
By those [angels] who extract with violence
- 2
وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ نَشْطًۭا
And [by] those who remove with ease
- 3
وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ سَبْحًۭا
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
- 4
فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ سَبْقًۭا
And those who race each other in a race
- 5
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًۭا
And those who arrange [each] matter,
- 6
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
- 7
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
- 8
قُلُوبٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاجِفَةٌ
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
- 9
أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌۭ
Their eyes humbled.
- 10
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
- 11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
Even if we should be decayed bones?"
- 12
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
- 13
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
- 14
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
- 15
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
- 16
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
- 17
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
- 18
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
- 19
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
- 20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْـَٔايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
And he showed him the greatest sign,
- 21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
- 22
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].
- 23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
And he gathered [his people] and called out.
- 24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
- 25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..
- 26
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].
- 27
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
- 28
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
- 29
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
- 30
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that He spread the earth.
- 31
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
- 32
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
And the mountains He set firmly
- 33
مَتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
- 34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -
- 35
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,
- 36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -
- 37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
So as for he who transgressed
- 38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
And preferred the life of the world,
- 39
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.
- 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
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.
- 42
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?
- 43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
- 44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is its finality.
- 45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
- 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.
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| وَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ | wal-nāziʿāti | By those who extract |
| غَرْقًۭا | gharqan | violently |
| وَٱلنَّـٰشِطَـٰتِ | wal-nāshiṭāti | And those who draw out |
| نَشْطًۭا | nashṭan | gently |
| وَٱلسَّـٰبِحَـٰتِ | wal-sābiḥāti | And those who glide |
| سَبْحًۭا | sabḥan | swimming |
| فَٱلسَّـٰبِقَـٰتِ | fal-sābiqāti | And those who race each other |
| سَبْقًۭا | sabqan | (in) a race |
| فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ | fal-mudabirāti | And those who arrange |
| أَمْرًۭا | amran | (the) matter |
| يَوْمَ | yawma | (The) Day |
| تَرْجُفُ | tarjufu | will quake |
| ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ | l-rājifatu | the quaking one |
| تَتْبَعُهَا | tatbaʿuhā | Follows it |
| ٱلرَّادِفَةُ | l-rādifatu | the subsequent |
| قُلُوبٌۭ | qulūbun | Hearts |
| يَوْمَئِذٍۢ | yawma-idhin | that Day |
| وَاجِفَةٌ | wājifatun | will palpitate |
| أَبْصَـٰرُهَا | abṣāruhā | Their eyes |
| خَـٰشِعَةٌۭ | khāshiʿatun | humbled |
| يَقُولُونَ | yaqūlūna | They say |
| أَءِنَّا | a-innā | Will we |
| لَمَرْدُودُونَ | lamardūdūna | indeed be returned |
| فِى | fī | to |
| ٱلْحَافِرَةِ | l-ḥāfirati | the former state |
| أَءِذَا | a-idhā | What! When |
| كُنَّا | kunnā | we are |
| عِظَـٰمًۭا | ʿiẓāman | bones |
| نَّخِرَةًۭ | nakhiratan | decayed |
| قَالُوا۟ | qālū | They say |
| تِلْكَ | til'ka | This |
| إِذًۭا | idhan | then |
| كَرَّةٌ | karratun | (would be) a return |
| خَاسِرَةٌۭ | khāsiratun | losing |
| فَإِنَّمَا | fa-innamā | Then only |
| هِىَ | hiya | it |
| زَجْرَةٌۭ | zajratun | (will be) a shout |
| وَٰحِدَةٌۭ | wāḥidatun | single |
| فَإِذَا | fa-idhā | And behold |
| هُم | hum | They |
| بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ | bil-sāhirati | (will be) awakened |
| هَلْ | hal | Has |
| أَتَىٰكَ | atāka | (there) come to you |
| حَدِيثُ | ḥadīthu | (the) story |
| مُوسَىٰٓ | mūsā | (of) Musa |
| إِذْ | idh | When |
| نَادَىٰهُ | nādāhu | called him |
| رَبُّهُۥ | rabbuhu | his Lord |
| بِٱلْوَادِ | bil-wādi | in the valley |
| ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ | l-muqadasi | the sacred |
| طُوًى | ṭuwan | (of) Tuwa |
| ٱذْهَبْ | idh'hab | Go |
| إِلَىٰ | ilā | to |
| فِرْعَوْنَ | fir'ʿawna | Firaun |
| إِنَّهُۥ | innahu | Indeed, he |
| طَغَىٰ | ṭaghā | (has) transgressed |
| فَقُلْ | faqul | And say |
| هَل | hal | Would |
| لَّكَ | laka | [for] you |
| إِلَىٰٓ | ilā | [to] |
| أَن | an | [that] |
| تَزَكَّىٰ | tazakkā | purify yourself |
| وَأَهْدِيَكَ | wa-ahdiyaka | And I will guide you |
| إِلَىٰ | ilā | to |
| رَبِّكَ | rabbika | your Lord |
| فَتَخْشَىٰ | fatakhshā | so you would fear |
| فَأَرَىٰهُ | fa-arāhu | Then he showed him |
| ٱلْـَٔايَةَ | l-āyata | the sign |
| ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ | l-kub'rā | the great |
| فَكَذَّبَ | fakadhaba | But he denied |
| وَعَصَىٰ | waʿaṣā | and disobeyed |
| ثُمَّ | thumma | Then |
| أَدْبَرَ | adbara | he turned his back |
| يَسْعَىٰ | yasʿā | striving |
| فَحَشَرَ | faḥashara | And he gathered |
| فَنَادَىٰ | fanādā | and called out |
| فَقَالَ | faqāla | Then he said |
| أَنَا۠ | anā | I am |
| رَبُّكُمُ | rabbukumu | your Lord |
| ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ | l-aʿlā | the Most High |
| فَأَخَذَهُ | fa-akhadhahu | So seized him |
| ٱللَّهُ | l-lahu | Allah |
| نَكَالَ | nakāla | (with) an exemplary punishment |
| ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ | l-ākhirati | (for) the last |
| وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ | wal-ūlā | and the first |
| إِنَّ | inna | Indeed |
| فِى | fī | in |
| ذَٰلِكَ | dhālika | that |
| لَعِبْرَةًۭ | laʿib'ratan | surely (is) a lesson |
| لِّمَن | liman | for whoever |
| يَخْشَىٰٓ | yakhshā | fears |
| ءَأَنتُمْ | a-antum | Are you |
| أَشَدُّ | ashaddu | a more difficult |
| خَلْقًا | khalqan | creation |
| أَمِ | ami | or |
| ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ | l-samāu | the heaven |
| بَنَىٰهَا | banāhā | He constructed it |
| رَفَعَ | rafaʿa | He raised |
| سَمْكَهَا | samkahā | its ceiling |
| فَسَوَّىٰهَا | fasawwāhā | and proportioned it |
| وَأَغْطَشَ | wa-aghṭasha | And He darkened |
| لَيْلَهَا | laylahā | its night |
| وَأَخْرَجَ | wa-akhraja | and brought out |
| ضُحَىٰهَا | ḍuḥāhā | its brightness |
| وَٱلْأَرْضَ | wal-arḍa | And the earth |
| بَعْدَ | baʿda | after |
| ذَٰلِكَ | dhālika | that |
| دَحَىٰهَآ | daḥāhā | He spread it |
| أَخْرَجَ | akhraja | He brought forth |
| مِنْهَا | min'hā | from it |
| مَآءَهَا | māahā | its water |
| وَمَرْعَىٰهَا | wamarʿāhā | and its pasture |
| وَٱلْجِبَالَ | wal-jibāla | And the mountains |
| أَرْسَىٰهَا | arsāhā | He made them firm |
| مَتَـٰعًۭا | matāʿan | (As) a provision |
| لَّكُمْ | lakum | for you |
| وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ | wali-anʿāmikum | and for your cattle |
| فَإِذَا | fa-idhā | But when |
| جَآءَتِ | jāati | comes |
| ٱلطَّآمَّةُ | l-ṭāmatu | the Overwhelming Calamity |
| ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ | l-kub'rā | the great |
| يَوْمَ | yawma | (The) Day |
| يَتَذَكَّرُ | yatadhakkaru | will remember |
| ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ | l-insānu | man |
| مَا | mā | what |
| سَعَىٰ | saʿā | he strove (for) |
| وَبُرِّزَتِ | waburrizati | And will be made manifest |
| ٱلْجَحِيمُ | l-jaḥīmu | the Hellfire |
| لِمَن | liman | to (him) who |
| يَرَىٰ | yarā | sees |
| فَأَمَّا | fa-ammā | Then as for |
| مَن | man | (him) who |
| طَغَىٰ | ṭaghā | transgressed |
| وَءَاثَرَ | waāthara | And preferred |
| ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ | l-ḥayata | the life |
| ٱلدُّنْيَا | l-dun'yā | (of) the world |
| فَإِنَّ | fa-inna | Then indeed |
| ٱلْجَحِيمَ | l-jaḥīma | the Hellfire |
| هِىَ | hiya | it |
| ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ | l-mawā | (is) the refuge |
| وَأَمَّا | wa-ammā | But as for |
| مَنْ | man | (him) who |
| خَافَ | khāfa | feared |
| مَقَامَ | maqāma | standing |
| رَبِّهِۦ | rabbihi | (before) his Lord |
| وَنَهَى | wanahā | and restrained |
| ٱلنَّفْسَ | l-nafsa | his soul |
| عَنِ | ʿani | from |
| ٱلْهَوَىٰ | l-hawā | the vain desires |
| فَإِنَّ | fa-inna | Then indeed |
| ٱلْجَنَّةَ | l-janata | Paradise |
| هِىَ | hiya | it (is) |
| ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ | l-mawā | the refuge |
| يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ | yasalūnaka | They ask you |
| عَنِ | ʿani | about |
| ٱلسَّاعَةِ | l-sāʿati | the Hour |
| أَيَّانَ | ayyāna | when |
| مُرْسَىٰهَا | mur'sāhā | (is) its arrival |
| فِيمَ | fīma | In what |
| أَنتَ | anta | (are) you |
| مِن | min | [of] |
| ذِكْرَىٰهَآ | dhik'rāhā | (to) mention it |
| إِلَىٰ | ilā | To |
| رَبِّكَ | rabbika | your Lord |
| مُنتَهَىٰهَآ | muntahāhā | (is) its finality |
| إِنَّمَآ | innamā | Only |
| أَنتَ | anta | you |
| مُنذِرُ | mundhiru | (are) a warner |
| مَن | man | (for him) who |
| يَخْشَىٰهَا | yakhshāhā | fears it |
| كَأَنَّهُمْ | ka-annahum | As though they |
| يَوْمَ | yawma | (the) Day |
| يَرَوْنَهَا | yarawnahā | they see it |
| لَمْ | lam | not |
| يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ | yalbathū | they had remained |
| إِلَّا | illā | except |
| عَشِيَّةً | ʿashiyyatan | an evening |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| ضُحَىٰهَا | ḍuḥāhā | a morning thereof |
How to memorize Surah An-Nazi'at
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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.