Al Nabaa

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

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3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Transliteration

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Yusuf Ali

5 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Yusuf Ali

6 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Transliteration

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Yusuf Ali

8 And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

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10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Transliteration

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

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11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

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

Transliteration

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Yusuf Ali

12 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

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

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Yusuf Ali

14 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Transliteration

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

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16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

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

Transliteration

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Yusuf Ali

17 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

Yusuf Ali

18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

Pickthall

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Yusuf Ali

19 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

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

Transliteration

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Yusuf Ali

20 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

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23 They will abide therein for ages.

Transliteration

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Transliteration

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Yusuf Ali

24 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Transliteration

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Yusuf Ali

25 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

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27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Yusuf Ali

27 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

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28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Yusuf Ali

28 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Yusuf Ali

30 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Yusuf Ali

31 Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

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33 And maidens for companions,

Transliteration

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

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34 And a full cup.

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Yusuf Ali

35 No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Yusuf Ali

36 Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

Yusuf Ali

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with 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.

Transliteration

38 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

Yusuf Ali

38 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.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

Yusuf Ali

39 That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to 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!"

Transliteration

40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

Yusuf Ali

40 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!"