Chapter 78, 40 verses
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
About what are they asking one another?
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
About the great news -
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
About which they are in disagreement.
That over which they are in disagreement.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, they will come to know!
No! They are going to know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as pegs?
And the mountains as stakes?
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And We created you in pairs
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And made the night as clothing
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And made [therein] a burning lamp
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick growth.
And gardens of entwined growth.
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lilttagheena maaban
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),
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Jazaan wifaqan
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
An appropriate recompense.
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
WakawaAAiba atraban
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup (of wine).
And a full cup.
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
(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).
[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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
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.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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)!
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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 will say: "Woe to me! 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!"