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?

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Transliteration

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

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10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

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,

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

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15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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;

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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,

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

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.

Transliteration

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Transliteration

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

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),

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

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."

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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;

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Transliteration

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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.

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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.

Transliteration

38 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

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!

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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!"

Transliteration

40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban