الـنبإ

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

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

2 Concerning the Great News,

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

3 About which they cannot agree.

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

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

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

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

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

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

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

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

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8 And We have created you in pairs,

9 And made your sleep for rest,

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

10 And made the night as a covering,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

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

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

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

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

17 Lo! 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 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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

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

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

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

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

22 Lilttagheena maaban

22 A home for the rebellious.

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

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

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

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

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

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

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

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

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

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

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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

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

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And maidens for companions,

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a full cup.

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

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

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

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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

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 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

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.

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

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto 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 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

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!"