According to Hadrat Abdullah bin Abbas, this Surah was sent down after Surah An-Naba. Its subject matter also testifies that it belongs to the earliest period at Makkah.

Theme and Subject Matter

Its theme is affirmation of Resurrection and the life hereafter; It also warns of the consequences of belying the Messenger of God.

The Surah opens with oaths sworn by the angels who take the soul at deaths and those who hasten to carryout Allah's Commands, and those who conduct the affairs of the universe according to Divine Will, to assure that the Resurrection will certainly come to pass and the second life after death will certainly take place. For the angels who are employed to pluck out the soul today can also be employed to restore the soul tomorrow, and the angels who promptly execute Allah's Commands and conduct the affairs of the universe today can also upset the order of the universe tomorrow by orders of the same God and can also bring about a new order.

After this the people have been told, so as to say: "This work which you regard as absolutely impossible, is not any difficult for Allah, for which He may have to make lengthy preparations. Just a single jolt will upset this system of the world and a second jolt will be enough to cause you to appear as living beings in the new world. At that time the same people who were wont to deny it, would be trembling with fear and seeing with awe struck eyes all that they thought was impossible.

Then, relating the story of the Prophet Moses and Pharaoh briefly, the people have been warned to the effect: "You know full well what fate the Pharaoh met in consequence of belying the Messenger and rejecting the guidance brought by him and endeavoring to defeat his mission by trickery and deceit. If you do not learn any lesson from it and do not change your ways and attitude accordingly, you also will have to meet the same fate.

Then, in vv. 27-13, arguments have been given for the Hereafter and life after death. In this regard, the deniers have been asked the question:"Is your resurrection a more difficult task or the creation of the huge Universe which spreads around you to infinite distances with myriads of its stars and planets? Your recreation cannot be difficult for the God for Whom this was an easy task. Thus, after presenting in a single sentence, a decisive argument for the possibility of the Hereafter, attention has been drawn to the earth and its provisions that have been arranged in it for the sustenance of man and animal and of which everything testifies that it has been created with great wisdom for fulfilling some special purpose. Pointing to this the question has been left for the intellect of man to ponder for itself and form the opinion whether calling man to account after having delegated authority and responsibilities to a creature like him in this wise system would be more in keeping with the demands of wisdom, or that he should die after committing all sorts of misdeeds in the world and should perish and mix in the dust for ever and should never be called to account as to how he employed the authority and fulfilled the responsibilities entrusted to him. Instead of discussing this question, in vv. 34-41, it has been said: "When the Hereafter is established, men's eternal future will be determined on the criterion as to which of them rebelled against his God transgressing the bounds of service and made the material benefits and pleasures his objective of life and which of them feared standing before his Lord and refrained from fulfilling the unlawful desires of the self." This by itself provides the right answer to the above question to every such person who considers it honestly, free from stubbornness. For the only rational, logical and moral demand of giving authority and entrusting responsibilities to man in the world is that he should be called to account on this very basis ultimately and rewarded or punished accordingly.

In conclusion, the question of the disbelievers of Makkah as to when Resurrection will take place, has been answered. They asked the Holy Prophet this question over and over again. In reply it has been said that the knowledge of the time of its occurrence rests with Allah alone. The Messenger is there only to give the warning that it will certainly come. Now whoever wishes may mend his ways, fearing its coming, and whoever wishes may behave and conduct himself as he likes, fearless of its coming. When the appointed time comes, those very people who loved the life of this world and regarded its pleasures as the only object of life, would feel that they had stayed in the world only for an hour or so. Then they will realize how utterly they had ruined their future for ever for the sake of the short lived pleasures of the world.

Maududi: English

An-Nazi'at

Juz 30

سورة النازعات

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا ‎﴿١﴾‏ وَالنَّاشِطَاتِ نَشْطًا ‎﴿٢﴾‏ وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا ‎﴿٣﴾‏ فَالسَّابِقَاتِ سَبْقًا ‎﴿٤﴾‏ فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا ‎﴿٥﴾‏ يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ ‎﴿٦﴾‏ تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ ‎﴿٧﴾‏ قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ ‎﴿٨﴾‏ أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ ‎﴿٩﴾‏ يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ ‎﴿١٠﴾‏ أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً ‎﴿١١﴾‏ قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ ‎﴿١٢﴾‏ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ‎﴿١٣﴾‏ فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ‎﴿١٤﴾‏ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ ‎﴿١٥﴾‏

By those (angels) that pluck out the soul from depths, (1) and gently take it away; (2) and by those that speedily glide along (the cosmos), (3) and vie with the others (in carrying out their Lord's behests); (4) and then manage the affairs of the Universe (according to their Lord's commands). (5) The Day when the quaking will cause a violent convulsion, (6) and will be followed by another quaking. (7) On that Day some hearts shall tremble (with fright), (8) and their eyes shall be downcast with dread. (9) They say: “Shall we indeed be restored to life, (10) even after we have been reduced to bones, hollow and rotten?” (11) They say: “That will then be a return with a great loss!” (12) Surely they will need no more than a single stern blast, (13) and lo, they will all be in the open plain. (14) Has Moses' story reached you? (15)

Maududi: English

An-Nazi'at

Juz 30

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ‎﴿١٦﴾‏ اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ ‎﴿١٧﴾‏ فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ‎﴿١٨﴾‏ وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ ‎﴿١٩﴾‏ فَأَرَاهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ ‎﴿٢٠﴾‏ فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ‎﴿٢١﴾‏ ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ‎﴿٢٢﴾‏ فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ‎﴿٢٣﴾‏ فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ ‎﴿٢٤﴾‏ فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ ‎﴿٢٥﴾‏ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ ‎﴿٢٦﴾‏ أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا ‎﴿٢٧﴾‏ رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا ‎﴿٢٨﴾‏ وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا ‎﴿٢٩﴾‏ وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا ‎﴿٣٠﴾‏ أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا ‎﴿٣١﴾‏ وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا ‎﴿٣٢﴾‏ مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ ‎﴿٣٣﴾‏ فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ ‎﴿٣٤﴾‏ يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَىٰ ‎﴿٣٥﴾‏ وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ‎﴿٣٦﴾‏ فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ‎﴿٣٧﴾‏ وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا ‎﴿٣٨﴾‏ فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ ‎﴿٣٩﴾‏ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ ‎﴿٤٠﴾‏ فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ ‎﴿٤١﴾‏ يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا ‎﴿٤٢﴾‏ فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا ‎﴿٤٣﴾‏ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا ‎﴿٤٤﴾‏ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا ‎﴿٤٥﴾‏ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا ‎﴿٤٦﴾‏

When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa, (16) and directed him: “Go to Pharaoh, he has rebelled, (17) and say to him: 'Are you willing to be purified, (18) that I may direct you to your Lord and then you hold Him in awe?'” (19) Then Moses (went to Pharaoh and) showed him the Great Sign; (20) but he denied it as false and disobeyed, (21) and then he turned back to have recourse to his craftiness, (22) and gathered his people and declared: (23) “I am the supreme lord of you all.” (24) Thereupon Allah seized him for the chastisement of the World to Come as well as of the present. (25) Surely there is a great lesson in it for whoever would fear (Allah). (26) Is it harder to create you or the heaven? But Allah built it, (27) and raised its vault high and proportioned it; (28) and covered its night with darkness and brought forth from it its day; (29) and thereafter spread out the earth, (30) and brought out of it its water and its pasture, (31) and firmly fixed in it mountains; (32) all this as provision for you and your cattle. (33) But when the great calamity will come about (34) on the Day when man will recall all his strivings, (35) and Hell will be brought in sight for anyone to see: (36) then he who transgressed (37) and preferred the life of this world, (38) most surely his abode shall be Hell. (39) But he who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained himself from evil desires, (40) most surely his abode shall be Paradise. (41) They ask you about the Hour: “When will it be?” (42) What concern do you have to speak about that? (43) Its knowledge rests with your Lord. (44) You are only a warner to him who has a fear of it. (45) On the Day they see it, they will feel as though they had stayed (in the grave) no more than one evening or one morning. (46)

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