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