Al Nabaa

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

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3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

Yusuf Ali

5 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Saheeh International

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

Yusuf Ali

6 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

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8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Saheeh International

8 And We created you in pairs

Yusuf Ali

8 And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

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10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

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11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

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12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

Yusuf Ali

12 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Saheeh International

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

14 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

Transliteration

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Saheeh International

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

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17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

17 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Saheeh International

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

Yusuf Ali

19 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

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20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

20 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

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23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Transliteration

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

Yusuf Ali

25 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

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27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

Yusuf Ali

27 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

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28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

Yusuf Ali

28 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

30 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Saheeh International

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

Yusuf Ali

31 Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

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33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

35 No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

36 Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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.

Yusuf Ali

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

Transliteration

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

38 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.

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

39 That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!

Transliteration

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

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!"

Yusuf Ali

40 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!"