Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
About what are they asking one another?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About the great news -
عن النبإ العظيم
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
That over which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Nay, but they will come to know!
No! They are going to know.
كلا سيعلمون
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as stakes?
والجبال أوتادا
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We have created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs
وخلقناكم أزواجا
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the night as clothing
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of entwined growth.
وجنات ألفافا
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
A home for the rebellious.
For the transgressors, a place of return,
للطاغين مآبا
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
They will abide therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لابثين فيها أحقابا
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إلا حميما وغساقا
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
An appropriate recompense.
جزاء وفاقا
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إن للمتقين مفازا
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
حدائق وأعنابا
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And maidens for companions,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وكواعب أترابا
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
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.
[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
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.
The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
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.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
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!"
Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا