Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
AAamma yatasaaloona
(It is) of the awful tidings,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
Waaljibala awtadan
And We have created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
And gardens of thick foliage.
Wajannatin alfafan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
A home for the rebellious.
Lilttagheena maaban
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Jazaan wifaqan
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
And maidens for companions,
WakawaAAiba atraban
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
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
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
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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