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
About what are they asking one another?
AAamma yatasaaloona
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great news -
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
That over which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
No! They are going to know.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Then, no! They are going to know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as stakes?
Waaljibala awtadan
And We have created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We created you in pairs
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as clothing
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day for livelihood
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
And gardens of thick foliage.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of entwined growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
A home for the rebellious.
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Lilttagheena maaban
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إلا حميما وغساقا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جزاء وفاقا
An appropriate recompense.
Jazaan wifaqan
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and grapevines
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
And maidens for companions,
وكواعب أترابا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
WakawaAAiba atraban
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
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
[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.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
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
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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
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 will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban