Al Nabaa

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

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,

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?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Shakir

8 And We 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.).

Shakir

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

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,

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

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,

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Shakir

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

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,

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,

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.

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

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).

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,

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.

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Shakir

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

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:

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!"