Chapter 78, 40 verses
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
About what are they asking one another?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About the great news -
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
That over which they are in disagreement.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
No! They are going to know.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
Waaljibala awtadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as stakes?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the night as clothing
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of entwined growth.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
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
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Lilttagheena maaban
A home for the rebellious.
For the transgressors, a place of return,
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Jazaan wifaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
An appropriate recompense.
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
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."
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
WakawaAAiba atraban
And maidens for companions,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
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.
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا