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?
AAamma yatasaaloona
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About the great news -
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
That over which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
No! They are going to know.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as stakes?
Waaljibala awtadan
And We have created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the night as clothing
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And made [therein] a burning lamp
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of entwined growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
A home for the rebellious.
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Lilttagheena maaban
They will abide therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
An appropriate recompense.
Jazaan wifaqan
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
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."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
And maidens for companions,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
WakawaAAiba atraban
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
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!"
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban