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 ?
About the great event,
عن النبإ العظيم
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About which they differ?
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Nay! they shall soon come to know
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, but they will come to know!
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
والجبال أوتادا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And We created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have 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 We made the night to be a covering,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And We made above you seven strong ones,
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And We made a shining lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
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,
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of thick foliage.
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
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,
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 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.
Surely hell lies in wait,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
A place of resort for the inordinate,
للطاغين مآبا
A home for the rebellious.
Living therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will abide 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
But boiling and intensely cold water,
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Requital corresponding.
جزاء وفاقا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Surely they feared not the account,
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And We have recorded everything in a book,
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
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.
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
إن للمتقين مفازا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gardens and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وكواعب أترابا
And maidens for companions,
And a pure cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
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.
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.
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.
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!"