الـنبإ

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

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

2 Concerning the Great News,

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)

3 About which they cannot agree.

3 About which they are in disagreement.

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

4 Nay, they will come to know!

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

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

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

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

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

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

9 And made your sleep for rest,

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

10 And made the night as a covering,

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

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

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

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

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

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

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

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

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

16 And gardens of thick growth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

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),

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

23 They will abide therein for ages.

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

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

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

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

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

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

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

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

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

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

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

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

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

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

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

32 Gardens and vineyards,

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

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

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

34 And a full cup (of wine).

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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)!

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 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!"