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
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ
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.
الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
About which they are in disagreement.
Nay, but they will come to know!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, they will come to know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
And the high hills bulwarks ?
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And the mountains as pegs?
And We have created you in pairs,
وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
And gardens of thick foliage.
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا
And gardens of thick growth.
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
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,
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
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,
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
A home for the rebellious.
لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا
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.
لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
They will abide therein for ages.
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
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.
وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا
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.
فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
Gardens and vineyards,
And maidens for companions,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
And a full cup (of wine).
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا
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.
رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
(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.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
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.
ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا
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!"
إِنَّا أَنذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَابًا
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!"