Kitab

الـنبإ

Chapter 78, 40 verses

  • Arabic
  • Transliteration
  • Yusuf Ali
  • Pickthall
Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون

Transliteration

AAamma yatasaaloona

Yusuf Ali

Concerning what are they disputing?

Pickthall

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

Arabic

عن النبإ العظيم

Transliteration

AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Yusuf Ali

Concerning the Great News,

Pickthall

(It is) of the awful tidings,

Arabic

الذي هم فيه مختلفون

Transliteration

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Yusuf Ali

About which they cannot agree.

Pickthall

Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Arabic

كلا سيعلمون

Transliteration

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Yusuf Ali

Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

Pickthall

Nay, but they will come to know!

Arabic

ثم كلا سيعلمون

Transliteration

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Nay, again, but they will come to know!

Arabic

ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا

Transliteration

Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Yusuf Ali

Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

Pickthall

Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Arabic

والجبال أوتادا

Transliteration

Waaljibala awtadan

Yusuf Ali

And the mountains as pegs?

Pickthall

And the high hills bulwarks ?

Arabic

وخلقناكم أزواجا

Transliteration

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Yusuf Ali

And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Pickthall

And We have created you in pairs,

Arabic

وجعلنا نومكم سباتا

Transliteration

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Yusuf Ali

And made your sleep for rest,

Pickthall

And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Arabic

وجعلنا الليل لباسا

Transliteration

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Yusuf Ali

And made the night as a covering,

Pickthall

And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Arabic

وجعلنا النهار معاشا

Transliteration

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Yusuf Ali

And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Pickthall

And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Arabic

وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا

Transliteration

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا

Transliteration

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Yusuf Ali

And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Pickthall

And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Arabic

وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا

Transliteration

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

Arabic

لنخرج به حبا ونباتا

Transliteration

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Yusuf Ali

That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Pickthall

Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Arabic

وجنات ألفافا

Transliteration

Wajannatin alfafan

Yusuf Ali

And gardens of luxurious growth?

Pickthall

And gardens of thick foliage.

Arabic

إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا

Transliteration

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Yusuf Ali

Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,

Pickthall

Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Arabic

يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا

Transliteration

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا

Transliteration

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Arabic

وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا

Transliteration

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic

إن جهنم كانت مرصادا

Transliteration

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Yusuf Ali

Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Pickthall

Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Arabic

للطاغين مآبا

Transliteration

Lilttagheena maaban

Yusuf Ali

For the transgressors a place of destination:

Pickthall

A home for the rebellious.

Arabic

لابثين فيها أحقابا

Transliteration

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Yusuf Ali

They will dwell therein for ages.

Pickthall

They will abide therein for ages.

Arabic

لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا

Transliteration

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Yusuf Ali

Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,

Pickthall

Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Arabic

إلا حميما وغساقا

Transliteration

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Arabic

جزاء وفاقا

Transliteration

Jazaan wifaqan

Yusuf Ali

A fitting recompense (for them).

Pickthall

Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Arabic

إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا

Transliteration

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Arabic

وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا

Transliteration

Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Yusuf Ali

But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

Pickthall

They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Arabic

وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا

Transliteration

Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Yusuf Ali

And all things have We preserved on record.

Pickthall

Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Arabic

فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا

Transliteration

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Yusuf Ali

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

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Arabic

حدائق وأعنابا

Transliteration

Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Yusuf Ali

Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Pickthall

Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Arabic

وكواعب أترابا

Transliteration

WakawaAAiba atraban

Yusuf Ali

And voluptuous women of equal age;

Pickthall

And maidens for companions,

Arabic

وكأسا دهاقا

Transliteration

Wakasan dihaqan

Yusuf Ali

And a cup full (to the brim).

Pickthall

And a full cup.

Arabic

لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا

Transliteration

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Yusuf Ali

No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -

Pickthall

There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Arabic

جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا

Transliteration

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Yusuf Ali

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

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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

Yusuf Ali

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!"

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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