Chapter 78, 40 verses
AAamma yatasaaloona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
About what are they asking one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كلا سيعلمون
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Waaljibala awtadan
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
Wajannatin alfafan
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
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,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Lilttagheena maaban
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لابثين فيها أحقابا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إلا حميما وغساقا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Jazaan wifaqan
جزاء وفاقا
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
"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.
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إن للمتقين مفازا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
WakawaAAiba atraban
وكواعب أترابا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
Wakasan dihaqan
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
[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.
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
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.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
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.
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
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!"