الـنبإ

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

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

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8 And We have created you in pairs,

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

22 Lilttagheena maaban

22 A home for the rebellious.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

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 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And maidens for companions,

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a full cup.

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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 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 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 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!"