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?

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

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)

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Pickthall

5 Nay, again, but 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,

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

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.).

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

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.

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

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),

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Pickthall

11 And have appointed 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),

Pickthall

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).

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

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.

Pickthall

14 And 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,

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

17 Lo! 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]

Pickthall

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

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,

Pickthall

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh 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.

Pickthall

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in 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),

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Pickthall

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.

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not 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.

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

Pickthall

29 Everything have We 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.

Pickthall

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of 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);

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

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;

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, 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),

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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).

Pickthall

37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

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.

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.

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)!

Pickthall

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

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!"

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!"