Chapter 78, 40 verses
AAamma yatasaaloona
About what are they asking one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عن النبإ العظيم
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
والجبال أوتادا
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
وجنات ألفافا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Lilttagheena maaban
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
للطاغين مآبا
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إلا حميما وغساقا
Jazaan wifaqan
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جزاء وفاقا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
WakawaAAiba atraban
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
وكواعب أترابا
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
[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.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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!"
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!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا