Surah 79 · Makki · 46 Ayahs
An-Nazi'at
Those Who Drag Forth
النازعاتSwears by the angels who carry out Allah's commands to affirm that the Resurrection and the life to come will certainly take place.
By those [angels] who extract with violence
And [by] those who remove with ease
And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming
And those who race each other in a race
And those who arrange [each] matter,
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],
There will follow it the subsequent [one].
Hearts, that Day, will tremble,
Their eyes humbled.
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
Even if we should be decayed bones?"
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
Has there reached you the story of Moses? -
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,
"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.
And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself
And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"
And he showed him the greatest sign,
But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.
Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].
And he gathered [his people] and called out.
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..