Al Nabaa

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1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

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3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

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4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

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5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Pickthall

5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

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6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

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7 Waaljibala awtadan

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

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8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

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9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

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10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

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11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

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12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Pickthall

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

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13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

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14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

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15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

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16 Wajannatin alfafan

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

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17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

17 Lo! 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,

Pickthall

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

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19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Shakir

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

Pickthall

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

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20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Shakir

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

Pickthall

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

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22 Lilttagheena maaban

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

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23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

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24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

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25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

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26 Jazaan wifaqan

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

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27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

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28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Shakir

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

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

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29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

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30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Shakir

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

Pickthall

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

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32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

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33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

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34 Wakasan dihaqan

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

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35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Shakir

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

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Shakir

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

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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.

Pickthall

37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

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.

Pickthall

38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh 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.

Pickthall

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

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!

Pickthall

40 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 disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"