الـنبإ

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

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 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

2 About the great news -

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 No! They are going to know.

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 And the mountains as stakes?

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8 And We have created you in pairs,

8 And We created you in pairs

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

10 And made the night as clothing

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 And made the day for livelihood

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

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

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

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

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

22 Lilttagheena maaban

22 A home for the rebellious.

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

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

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

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

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

26 An appropriate recompense.

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Gardens and grapevines

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And maidens for companions,

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a full cup.

34 And a full cup.

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

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

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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

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.

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 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.

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 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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 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!"

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!"