Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Concerning what are they disputing?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Concerning the Great News,
عن النبإ العظيم
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
About which they cannot agree.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Nay, but they will come to know!
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
كلا سيعلمون
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as pegs?
والجبال أوتادا
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We have created you in pairs,
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made your sleep for rest,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the night as a covering,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of luxurious growth?
وجنات ألفافا
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
A home for the rebellious.
For the transgressors a place of destination:
للطاغين مآبا
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
They will abide therein for ages.
They will dwell therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
إلا حميما وغساقا
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
A fitting recompense (for them).
جزاء وفاقا
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
And all things have We preserved on record.
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 ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
إن للمتقين مفازا
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
حدائق وأعنابا
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And maidens for companions,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وكواعب أترابا
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
And a cup full (to the brim).
وكأسا دهاقا
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
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 all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
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 forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.
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 Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
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!"
Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) 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