الـنبإ

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

1 Of what do they ask one another?

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

2 About the great event,

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they differ?

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

8 And We have created you in pairs,

8 And We created you in pairs,

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

9 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

13 And We made a shining lamp,

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

16 Wajannatin alfafan

17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

17 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

22 A home for the rebellious.

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

22 Lilttagheena maaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 Living therein for ages.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

26 Requital corresponding.

26 Jazaan wifaqan

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

27 Surely they feared not the account,

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

30 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

33 And maidens for companions,

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

34 And a full cup.

34 And a pure cup.

34 Wakasan dihaqan

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

35 They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

37 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

38 The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

38 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

40 Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"

40 Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!

40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban