An-Nazi'at (79) — Qur'an in English

Surah An-Nazi'at (79) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “By those who drag forth to destruction” — the complete text of all 46 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1By those who drag forth to destruction

2By the meteors rushing

3By the lone stars floating

4By the angels hastening

5And those who govern the event

6On the day when the first trump resoundeth

7And the second followeth it

8On that day hearts beat painfully

9While eyes are downcast

10(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

11Even after we are crumbled bones

12They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding

13Surely it will need but one shout

14And lo! they will be awakened

15Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses

16How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa

17(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled

18And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)

19Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him)

20And he showed him the tremendous token

21But he denied and disobeyed

22Then turned he away in haste

23Then gathered he and summoned

24And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest

25So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former

26Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth

27Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built

28He raised the height thereof and ordered it

29And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof

30And after that He spread the earth

31And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof

32And He made fast the hills

33A provision for you and for your cattle

34But when the great disaster cometh

35The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour

36And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth

37Then, as for him who rebelled

38And chose the life of the world

39Lo! hell will be his home

40But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust

41Lo! the Garden will be his home

42They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port

43Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof

44Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof

45Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it

46On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof

46 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

79. An-Nazi'at

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