Al Nabaa

Pickthall

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

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Pickthall

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

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Shakir

9 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Pickthall

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

Shakir

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

17 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

Pickthall

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

Shakir

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

Pickthall

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Shakir

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

Pickthall

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

Shakir

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Shakir

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Pickthall

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

Shakir

30 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Shakir

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Shakir

35 They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Shakir

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

Pickthall

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

Shakir

37 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

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.

Shakir

38 The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

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!"

Shakir

40 Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!