Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Of what do they ask one another?
About what are they asking one another?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About the great event,
About the great news -
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
About which they differ?
That over which they are in disagreement.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Nay, but they will come to know!
Nay! they shall soon come to know
No! They are going to know.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
And the mountains as stakes?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We have created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And We made the night to be a covering,
And made the night as clothing
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And We made above you seven strong ones,
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And We made a shining lamp,
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
And gardens of entwined growth.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Surely hell lies in wait,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
A home for the rebellious.
A place of resort for the inordinate,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
They will abide therein for ages.
Living therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
But boiling and intensely cold water,
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Requital corresponding.
An appropriate recompense.
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Surely they feared not the account,
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
And We have recorded everything in a book,
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And maidens for companions,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
And a pure cup.
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
[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.
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
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.
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.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
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!"
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!
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!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا