الـنبإ

1 Of what do they ask one another?

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

1 About what are they asking one another?

2 About the great event,

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

2 About the great news -

3 About which they differ?

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 No! They are going to know.

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

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

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 And the mountains as stakes?

8 And We created you in pairs,

8 And We have created you in pairs,

8 And We created you in pairs

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

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

10 And made the night as clothing

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 And made the day for livelihood

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

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

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

13 And We made a shining lamp,

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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

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

14 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

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

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

17 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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

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

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

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

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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

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

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

22 A home for the rebellious.

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

23 Living therein for ages.

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 In which they will remain for ages [unending].

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

24 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

26 Requital corresponding.

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

26 An appropriate recompense.

27 Surely they feared not the account,

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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

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

30 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

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

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Gardens and grapevines

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 And maidens for companions,

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

34 And a pure cup.

34 And a full cup.

34 And a full cup.

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

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

35 No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

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

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

36 [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

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

37 [From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

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 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 that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

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

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

39 That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

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 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 Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"