Al Nabaa

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Pickthall

5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

Yusuf Ali

5 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Yusuf Ali

6 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Yusuf Ali

8 And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Pickthall

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

Yusuf Ali

12 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).

Pickthall

14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

Yusuf Ali

14 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Pickthall

17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Yusuf Ali

17 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Pickthall

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

Yusuf Ali

18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

Pickthall

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Yusuf Ali

19 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,

Pickthall

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

Yusuf Ali

20 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 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),

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Yusuf Ali

24 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Yusuf Ali

25 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Yusuf Ali

27 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Yusuf Ali

28 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

Pickthall

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

Yusuf Ali

30 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Yusuf Ali

31 Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Yusuf Ali

35 No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Yusuf Ali

36 Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),

Pickthall

37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

Yusuf Ali

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 (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).

Pickthall

38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

Yusuf Ali

38 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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 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.

Pickthall

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

Yusuf Ali

39 That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 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)!

Pickthall

40 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 disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"

Yusuf Ali

40 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!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 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 disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"