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
Concerning what are they disputing?
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عن النبإ العظيم
Concerning the Great News,
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
About which they cannot agree.
Nay, but they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
And the high hills bulwarks ?
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as pegs?
And We have created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep for rest,
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as a covering,
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
And gardens of thick foliage.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
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
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
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
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
A home for the rebellious.
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors a place of destination:
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will dwell therein for ages.
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جزاء وفاقا
A fitting recompense (for them).
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
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
"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
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
And maidens for companions,
وكواعب أترابا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
And a cup full (to the brim).
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
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
(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
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
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
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!"