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?

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Saheeh International

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Saheeh International

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),

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

Pickthall

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

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Saheeh International

13 And made [therein] a burning 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,

Saheeh International

14 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Saheeh International

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

17 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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,

Saheeh International

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

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,

Saheeh International

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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.

Saheeh International

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Saheeh International

23 In which they will remain for ages [unending].

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Saheeh International

24 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an 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).

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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.

Saheeh International

30 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

35 No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

36 [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

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.

Saheeh International

37 [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.

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.

Saheeh International

38 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.

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.

Saheeh International

39 That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

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!

Saheeh International

40 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 disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"