Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
AAamma yatasaaloona
Concerning what are they disputing?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(It is) of the awful tidings,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
Concerning the Great News,
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
About which they cannot agree.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Nay, but they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as pegs?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We have created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And made your sleep for rest,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And made the night as a covering,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of thick foliage.
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of luxurious growth?
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
A home for the rebellious.
Lilttagheena maaban
For the transgressors a place of destination:
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will dwell therein for ages.
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Jazaan wifaqan
A fitting recompense (for them).
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
And all things have We preserved on record.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And maidens for companions,
WakawaAAiba atraban
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
And a cup full (to the brim).
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
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.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
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.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا