Chapter 78, 40 verses
AAamma yatasaaloona
Of what do they ask one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
About the great event,
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
About which they differ?
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay! they shall soon come to know
Nay, but they will come to know!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We created you in pairs,
And We have created you in pairs,
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And We made the night to be a covering,
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We made above you seven strong ones,
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And We made a shining lamp,
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
And gardens of thick foliage.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Surely hell lies in wait,
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Lilttagheena maaban
A place of resort for the inordinate,
A home for the rebellious.
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
Living therein for ages.
They will abide therein for ages.
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
But boiling and intensely cold water,
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Jazaan wifaqan
Requital corresponding.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
Surely they feared not the account,
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
And We have recorded everything in a book,
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens and vineyards,
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
WakawaAAiba atraban
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And maidens for companions,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
Wakasan dihaqan
And a pure cup.
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
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 sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
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
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!
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!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا