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An-Nâzi'ât takes its name from a word in the first verse.

An early Meccan Sûrah.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction, By the meteors rushing, By the lone stars floating, By the angels hastening, And those who govern the event, On the day when the first trump resoundeth And the second followeth it, On that day hearts beat painfully While eyes are downcast (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state Even after we are crumbled bones? They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding. Surely it will need but one shout, And lo! they will be awakened. Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses? Rh