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 ?
Concerning what are they disputing?
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Concerning the Great News,
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
About which they cannot agree.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as pegs?
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made your sleep for rest,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the night as a covering,
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
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,
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
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.
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Lilttagheena maaban
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
For the transgressors a place of destination:
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
They will dwell therein for ages.
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Jazaan wifaqan
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
A fitting recompense (for them).
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
And all things have We preserved on record.
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.
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
WakawaAAiba atraban
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
And a cup full (to the brim).
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
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 -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
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.
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
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.
The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.
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.
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
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!"
Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!"