Chapter 78, 40 verses
AAamma yatasaaloona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
About what are they asking one another?
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عن النبإ العظيم
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About the great news -
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
That over which they are in disagreement.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, but they will come to know!
No! They are going to know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Waaljibala awtadan
والجبال أوتادا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as stakes?
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the night as clothing
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And made [therein] a burning lamp
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Wajannatin alfafan
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of entwined growth.
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lilttagheena maaban
للطاغين مآبا
A home for the rebellious.
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will abide therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Jazaan wifaqan
جزاء وفاقا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
An appropriate recompense.
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إن للمتقين مفازا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
WakawaAAiba atraban
وكواعب أترابا
And maidens for companions,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
Wakasan dihaqan
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
[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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
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.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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!"
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!"