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1 About what are they asking one another?

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

2 About the great news -

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 Concerning the Great News,

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 About which they cannot agree.

4 No! They are going to know.

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

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

7 And the mountains as stakes?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

8 And We created you in pairs

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

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

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And made your sleep for rest,

10 And made the night as clothing

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And made the night as a covering,

11 And made the day for livelihood

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

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

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

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

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

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

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

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

22 Lilttagheena maaban

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

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

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

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

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

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

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

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

26 An appropriate recompense.

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

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

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

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

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

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

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

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

32 Gardens and grapevines

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

34 And a full cup.

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

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

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

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

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

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!"