Al Nabaa

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Shakir

2 About the great event,

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)

Transliteration

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Transliteration

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Shakir

8 And We 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.).

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Transliteration

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Shakir

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

Transliteration

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Transliteration

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

Shakir

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

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]

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Shakir

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Shakir

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

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),

Transliteration

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Transliteration

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.

Transliteration

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Shakir

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

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.

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Shakir

30 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Shakir

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Transliteration

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Shakir

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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.

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).

Transliteration

38 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

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.

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.

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

Shakir

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with 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)!

Transliteration

40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

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!

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!"