Al Nabaa

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Pickthall

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

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Yusuf Ali

8 And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

20 And the mountains shall vanish, 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,

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Yusuf Ali

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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!

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!"

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!"