Al Nabaa

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Pickthall

5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Saheeh International

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Saheeh International

8 And We created you in pairs

Shakir

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

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Saheeh International

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

Shakir

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

Pickthall

14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

Saheeh International

14 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Saheeh International

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Saheeh International

17 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

Shakir

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

Pickthall

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Saheeh International

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Saheeh International

23 In which they will remain for ages [unending].

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Saheeh International

24 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

Shakir

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

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

30 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

Shakir

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

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Saheeh International

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Saheeh International

35 No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

Shakir

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

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Saheeh International

36 [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

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.

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

37 [From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

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.

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.

Saheeh International

38 The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

39 That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

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!

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!"

Saheeh International

40 Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"