الـنبإ

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

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

1 Of what do they ask one another?

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 About the great event,

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 About which they differ?

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

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

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

8 And We have created you in pairs,

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8 And We created you in pairs,

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

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

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

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

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And We made a shining lamp,

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

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

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

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

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

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

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

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

22 A home for the rebellious.

22 Lilttagheena maaban

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23 Living therein for ages.

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 Requital corresponding.

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 Surely they feared not the account,

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

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

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

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

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

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

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens and vineyards,

33 And maidens for companions,

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

34 And a full cup.

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a pure cup.

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

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

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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

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

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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.

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

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.

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

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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

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

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!