Chapter 78, 40 verses
Of what do they ask one another?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Concerning what are they disputing?
About the great event,
عن النبإ العظيم
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Concerning the Great News,
About which they differ?
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
About which they cannot agree.
Nay! they shall soon come to know
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, but they will come to know!
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
والجبال أوتادا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as pegs?
And We created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have created you in pairs,
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made your sleep for rest,
And We made the night to be a covering,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the night as a covering,
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And We made above you seven strong ones,
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And We made a shining lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
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;
And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Surely hell lies in wait,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
A place of resort for the inordinate,
للطاغين مآبا
A home for the rebellious.
For the transgressors a place of destination:
Living therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will abide therein for ages.
They will dwell therein for ages.
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
But boiling and intensely cold water,
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Requital corresponding.
جزاء وفاقا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
A fitting recompense (for them).
Surely they feared not the account,
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
And We have recorded everything in a book,
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
And all things have We preserved on record.
So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
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."
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
إن للمتقين مفازا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Gardens and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وكواعب أترابا
And maidens for companions,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And a pure cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
And a cup full (to the brim).
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
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.
The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
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.
That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
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!
Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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!"