الـنبإ

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?

1 About what are they asking one another?

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

2 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)

2 About the great news -

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

3 About which they are in disagreement.

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

4 Nay, they will come to know!

4 No! They are going to know.

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 And the mountains as stakes?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

8 And We created you in pairs

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

9 And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

10 And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

10 And made the night as clothing

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

11 And made the day for livelihood

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

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

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

13 And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

14 And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

16 Wajannatin alfafan

17 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

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

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

18 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

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

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

19 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

20 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

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

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

22 A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

22 Lilttagheena maaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

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

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

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

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

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

26 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

26 An appropriate recompense.

26 Jazaan wifaqan

27 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

28 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

30 So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.

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

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

31 Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Gardens and grapevines

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

33 And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

34 And a full cup (of wine).

34 And a full cup.

34 Wakasan dihaqan

35 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

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

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

36 A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),

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

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).

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 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

38 The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allah) allows, and he will speak what is 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.

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

39 That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!

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

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

40 Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! 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!"

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