الـنبإ

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

1 About what are they asking one another?

2 Concerning the Great News,

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

2 About the great news -

3 About which they cannot agree.

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

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

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 No! They are going to know.

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

5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

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

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 And the mountains as stakes?

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

8 And We have created you in pairs,

8 And We created you in pairs

9 And made your sleep for rest,

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

10 And made the night as a covering,

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

10 And made the night as clothing

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 And 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),

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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

14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

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

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

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

17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

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

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

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

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

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

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

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

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

22 A home for the rebellious.

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

23 They will abide therein for ages.

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

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

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

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

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

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

26 An appropriate recompense.

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

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

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

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

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Gardens and grapevines

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 And maidens for companions,

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

34 And a full cup.

34 And a full cup.

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

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

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

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

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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

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 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

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 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 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh 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 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 whoso will should seek recourse unto 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 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 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 disbeliever will cry: "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!"