Chapter 78, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Of what do they ask one another?
عن النبإ العظيم
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About the great event,
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
About which they differ?
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, but they will come to know!
Nay! they shall soon come to know
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
والجبال أوتادا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And We made the night to be a covering,
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And We made above you seven strong ones,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And We made a shining lamp,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Surely hell lies in wait,
للطاغين مآبا
A home for the rebellious.
A place of resort for the inordinate,
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will abide therein for ages.
Living therein for ages.
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
But boiling and intensely cold water,
جزاء وفاقا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Requital corresponding.
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Surely they feared not the account,
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
And We have recorded everything in a book,
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
إن للمتقين مفازا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens and vineyards,
وكواعب أترابا
And maidens for companions,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
And a pure cup.
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
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.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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 will cry: "Would that I were dust!"
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!