Al Nabaa

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

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)

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

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3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

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4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

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5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

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6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Saheeh International

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

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8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

Saheeh International

8 And We created you in pairs

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9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

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12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

14 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

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15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Saheeh International

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

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16 Wajannatin alfafan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

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17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

17 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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]

Saheeh International

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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22 Lilttagheena maaban

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),

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

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23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Saheeh International

23 In which they will remain for ages [unending].

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24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

24 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

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25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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26 Jazaan wifaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

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.

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

30 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

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32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

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33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

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34 Wakasan dihaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

35 No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

36 [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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).

Saheeh International

37 [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.

Transliteration

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

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.

Saheeh International

38 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.

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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)!

Saheeh International

39 That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

Transliteration

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

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!"

Saheeh International

40 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 disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"