الـنبإ

1 Of what do they ask one another?

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

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

2 About the great event,

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

3 About which they differ?

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

8 And We created you in pairs,

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8 And We have created you in pairs,

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

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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

13 And We made a shining lamp,

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

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

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

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

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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

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

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

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

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

22 Lilttagheena maaban

22 A home for the rebellious.

23 Living therein for ages.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

26 Requital corresponding.

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

27 Surely they feared not the account,

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

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

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

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

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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

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

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And maidens for companions,

34 And a pure cup.

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a full cup.

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

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

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

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!"