Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
AAamma yatasaaloona
Concerning what are they disputing?
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عن النبإ العظيم
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
Concerning the Great News,
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
About which they cannot agree.
Nay, but they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
And the high hills bulwarks ?
والجبال أوتادا
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as pegs?
And We have created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And made your sleep for rest,
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And made the night as a covering,
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
And gardens of thick foliage.
وجنات ألفافا
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
A home for the rebellious.
للطاغين مآبا
Lilttagheena maaban
For the transgressors a place of destination:
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will dwell therein for ages.
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إلا حميما وغساقا
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جزاء وفاقا
Jazaan wifaqan
A fitting recompense (for them).
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
And all things have We preserved on record.
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
And maidens for companions,
وكواعب أترابا
WakawaAAiba atraban
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
Wakasan dihaqan
And a cup full (to the brim).
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
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 will cry: "Would that I were dust!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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!"