Al Nabaa

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Pickthall

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

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Transliteration

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Pickthall

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

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Transliteration

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Transliteration

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Transliteration

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Pickthall

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

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Pickthall

14 And 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

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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,

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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,

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

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.

Transliteration

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Pickthall

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

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Transliteration

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Pickthall

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

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Transliteration

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Shakir

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

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Pickthall

29 Everything have We 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

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,

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Transliteration

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Shakir

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

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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.

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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.

Transliteration

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

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.

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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!

Transliteration

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

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!"