Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
AAamma yatasaaloona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
Concerning what are they disputing?
(It is) of the awful tidings,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عن النبإ العظيم
Concerning the Great News,
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
About which they cannot agree.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كلا سيعلمون
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
And the high hills bulwarks ?
Waaljibala awtadan
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as pegs?
And We have created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep for rest,
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as a covering,
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
And gardens of thick foliage.
Wajannatin alfafan
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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,
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
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,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
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.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
A home for the rebellious.
Lilttagheena maaban
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors a place of destination:
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will dwell therein for ages.
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Jazaan wifaqan
جزاء وفاقا
A fitting recompense (for them).
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
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.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
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.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
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 -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إن للمتقين مفازا
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
And maidens for companions,
WakawaAAiba atraban
وكواعب أترابا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
وكأسا دهاقا
And a cup full (to the brim).
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
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.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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!"