الـنبإ

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

1 About what are they asking one another?

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 About the great news -

2 Concerning the Great News,

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they cannot agree.

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 No! They are going to know.

4 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

5 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

6 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the mountains as stakes?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8 And We created you in pairs

8 And (have We not) created you in pairs,

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

9 And made your sleep for rest,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And made the night as clothing

10 And made the night as a covering,

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And made the day for livelihood

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

12 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

14 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

17 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

19 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

20 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

22 Lilttagheena maaban

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

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

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

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

24 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

25 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 An appropriate recompense.

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

27 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

28 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

30 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

30 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

31 Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens and grapevines

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a full cup.

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

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

35 No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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

36 Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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.

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

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

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.

38 The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

39 That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

39 That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!

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

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!"

40 Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!"