الـنبإ

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

1 Of what do they ask one another?

2 Concerning the Great News,

2 About the great event,

3 About which they cannot agree.

3 About which they differ?

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

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

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

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

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

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

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

8 And We created you in pairs,

9 And made your sleep for rest,

9 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

10 And made the night as a covering,

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

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

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

13 And We made a shining lamp,

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

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

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

17 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

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

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

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

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

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

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

23 Living therein for ages.

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

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

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

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

26 Requital corresponding.

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

27 Surely they feared not the account,

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

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

29 And We have recorded everything 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! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

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

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

32 Gardens and vineyards,

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

34 And a pure cup.

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

35 They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

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

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

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 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

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 on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

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

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

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 Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!