Chapter 78, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
About what are they asking one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
كلا سيعلمون
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
لابثين فيها أحقابا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
إلا حميما وغساقا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
جزاء وفاقا
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
إن للمتقين مفازا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
وكواعب أترابا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
[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.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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 will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
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!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا