Kitab

الـنبإ

Chapter 78, 40 verses

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  • Pickthall
Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون

Transliteration

AAamma yatasaaloona

Pickthall

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

Arabic

عن النبإ العظيم

Transliteration

AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Pickthall

(It is) of the awful tidings,

Arabic

الذي هم فيه مختلفون

Transliteration

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Pickthall

Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Arabic

كلا سيعلمون

Transliteration

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Pickthall

Nay, but they will come to know!

Arabic

ثم كلا سيعلمون

Transliteration

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Pickthall

Nay, again, but they will come to know!

Arabic

ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا

Transliteration

Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Pickthall

Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Arabic

والجبال أوتادا

Transliteration

Waaljibala awtadan

Pickthall

And the high hills bulwarks ?

Arabic

وخلقناكم أزواجا

Transliteration

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Pickthall

And We have created you in pairs,

Arabic

وجعلنا نومكم سباتا

Transliteration

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Pickthall

And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Arabic

وجعلنا الليل لباسا

Transliteration

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Pickthall

And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Arabic

وجعلنا النهار معاشا

Transliteration

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Pickthall

And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Arabic

وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا

Transliteration

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا

Transliteration

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Pickthall

And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Arabic

وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا

Transliteration

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Pickthall

And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

Arabic

لنخرج به حبا ونباتا

Transliteration

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Pickthall

Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Arabic

وجنات ألفافا

Transliteration

Wajannatin alfafan

Pickthall

And gardens of thick foliage.

Arabic

إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا

Transliteration

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Pickthall

Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Arabic

يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا

Transliteration

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا

Transliteration

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Pickthall

And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Arabic

وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا

Transliteration

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Pickthall

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

Arabic

إن جهنم كانت مرصادا

Transliteration

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Pickthall

Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Arabic

للطاغين مآبا

Transliteration

Lilttagheena maaban

Pickthall

A home for the rebellious.

Arabic

لابثين فيها أحقابا

Transliteration

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Pickthall

They will abide therein for ages.

Arabic

لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا

Transliteration

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Pickthall

Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Arabic

إلا حميما وغساقا

Transliteration

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Pickthall

Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Arabic

جزاء وفاقا

Transliteration

Jazaan wifaqan

Pickthall

Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Arabic

إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا

Transliteration

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Pickthall

For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Arabic

وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا

Transliteration

Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Pickthall

They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Arabic

وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا

Transliteration

Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Pickthall

Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Arabic

فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا

Transliteration

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Pickthall

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

Arabic

إن للمتقين مفازا

Transliteration

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Pickthall

Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Arabic

حدائق وأعنابا

Transliteration

Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Pickthall

Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Arabic

وكواعب أترابا

Transliteration

WakawaAAiba atraban

Pickthall

And maidens for companions,

Arabic

وكأسا دهاقا

Transliteration

Wakasan dihaqan

Pickthall

And a full cup.

Arabic

لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا

Transliteration

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Pickthall

There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Arabic

جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا

Transliteration

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Pickthall

Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Arabic

رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا

Transliteration

Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

Pickthall

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

Arabic

يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

Arabic

ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا

Transliteration

Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

Pickthall

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

Arabic

إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

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!"

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