الـنبإ

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

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

1 About what are they asking one another?

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 Concerning the Great News,

2 About the great news -

3 About which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they cannot agree.

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

4 Nay, they will come to know!

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

4 No! They are going to know.

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

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

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

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

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 And the mountains as stakes?

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

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

8 And We created you in pairs

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

9 And made your sleep for rest,

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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

10 And made the night as a covering,

10 And made the night as clothing

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

11 And made the day for livelihood

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

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

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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

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

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

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

16 And gardens of thick growth.

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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 shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

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

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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 destination:

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

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

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

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

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

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

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

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

26 An appropriate recompense.

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

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

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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

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

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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

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

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

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

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

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

32 Gardens and grapevines

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

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

34 And a full cup (of wine).

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

34 And a full cup.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

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.

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 forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say 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.

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

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

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 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!"

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!"