Al Nabaa

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

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)

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Transliteration

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Transliteration

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

9 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Transliteration

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Transliteration

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Transliteration

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Shakir

17 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

Transliteration

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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]

Shakir

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

Transliteration

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

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),

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Transliteration

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Transliteration

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Transliteration

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

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.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

Shakir

30 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Transliteration

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Shakir

35 They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

37 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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).

Shakir

38 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.

Transliteration

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

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.

Shakir

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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)!

Shakir

40 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!

Transliteration

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

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!"