Al Nabaa

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Transliteration

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Transliteration

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Transliteration

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Transliteration

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

Pickthall

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Transliteration

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Transliteration

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Transliteration

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Transliteration

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allah) allows, and he will speak what is right.

Pickthall

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!

Pickthall

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!"

Transliteration

40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"