Al Nabaa

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, 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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made 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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And We 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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Verily, 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;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become 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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, 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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 For verily, they used not to look 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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And all things We have 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."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in 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;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, 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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allah) allows, and he will speak what is 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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!

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!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"