Chapter 78, 40 verses
Of what do they ask one another?
About what are they asking one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
About the great event,
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About which they differ?
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Nay! they shall soon come to know
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And We created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And We made the night to be a covering,
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And We made above you seven strong ones,
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And We made a shining lamp,
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Surely hell lies in wait,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
A place of resort for the inordinate,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
Living therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
But boiling and intensely cold water,
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Requital corresponding.
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Surely they feared not the account,
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And We have recorded everything in a book,
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gardens and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
And a pure cup.
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
[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.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
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.
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
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!
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 will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
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 will cry: "Would that I were dust!"