Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
(It is) of the awful tidings,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
About which they are in disagreement.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, they will come to know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
And the high hills bulwarks ?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as pegs?
And We have created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
And gardens of thick foliage.
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick growth.
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
A home for the rebellious.
Lilttagheena maaban
A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Jazaan wifaqan
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens and vineyards,
And maidens for companions,
WakawaAAiba atraban
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup (of wine).
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
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
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).
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
The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allah) allows, and he will speak 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
That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!
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
Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"