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سورة النَّازعَات

Surah Al-Nâzi‘ât 79:1

Those who perform their Duties Vigerously · Verse 1 of 46

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

I call to witness those groups of beings, who perform their duties (towards their Lord and mankind and themselves) with intense zeal and to the best of their capacity,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;

Ahmed Ali

I CALL TO WITNESS those who dive and drag,

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Ali Unal

By those (angels) who immediately fly out and plunge (with God’s command), and plunge (into fulfilling it);

Daryabadi

By the angels who drag forth vehemently.

Faridul Haque

By oath of those who harshly pull out the soul. (Of the disbeliever)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

By those yearning vehemently!

Maulvi Sher Ali

By those who draw people to the true faith vigorously,

Muhammad Asad

CONSIDER those [stars] that rise only to set,

Muhammad Musin Khan

By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence;

Muhammad Pickthall

By those who drag forth to destruction,

Muhammad Sarwar

By the angels who violently tear-out the souls of the disbelievers from their bodies,

Muhammed ali Shakir

I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,

Rashad Khalifa

The (angels who) snatch (the souls of the disbelievers) forcibly.

Shabbir Ahmed

Consider those who dive to bring up.

Commentary 79:1 Al-Nâzi‘âtالنَّازِعَاتِ- who perform their duties vigorously, also means groups of people who draw arrows and bows as the followers of the Holy Prophet…

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا

79:1 Al-Nâzi‘âtالنَّازِعَاتِ- who perform their duties vigorously, also means groups of people who draw arrows and bows as the followers of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). Atâ has said that it alludes to bows which are drawn in jihâd.