Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
AAamma yatasaaloona
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Waaljibala awtadan
And We have created you in pairs,
وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
And gardens of thick foliage.
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Wajannatin alfafan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
A home for the rebellious.
لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا
Lilttagheena maaban
They will abide therein for ages.
لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
Jazaan wifaqan
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
And maidens for companions,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
WakawaAAiba atraban
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
Wakasan dihaqan
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا
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.
رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
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.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
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.
ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا
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!"
إِنَّا أَنذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَابًا
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban