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 ?

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

5 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Yusuf Ali

6 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Yusuf Ali

8 And (have We not) 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,

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

12 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

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,

Yusuf Ali

14 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

17 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,

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,

Yusuf Ali

18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

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,

Yusuf Ali

19 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

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.

Yusuf Ali

20 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Yusuf Ali

25 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Yusuf Ali

27 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

Shakir

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

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Yusuf Ali

28 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

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.

Yusuf Ali

30 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

Shakir

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

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Yusuf Ali

31 Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Shakir

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

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Yusuf Ali

35 No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -

Shakir

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

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Yusuf Ali

36 Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,

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.

Yusuf Ali

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

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.

Yusuf Ali

38 The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.

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.

Yusuf Ali

39 That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to 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!

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!"

Yusuf Ali

40 Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!"