Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
(It is) of the awful tidings,
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.
About which they are in disagreement.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Nay, they will come to know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as pegs?
And We have created you in pairs,
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of thick growth.
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
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,
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
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,
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
A home for the rebellious.
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.
They will abide therein for ages.
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
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.
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.
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens and vineyards,
And maidens for companions,
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And a full cup.
And a full cup (of wine).
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
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.
(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.
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.
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!"
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!"