Chapter 78, 40 verses
AAamma yatasaaloona
Concerning what are they disputing?
About what are they asking one another?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
Concerning the Great News,
About the great news -
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
About which they cannot agree.
That over which they are in disagreement.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
No! They are going to know.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as pegs?
And the mountains as stakes?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And made your sleep for rest,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And made the night as a covering,
And made the night as clothing
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And made the day for livelihood
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of luxurious growth?
And gardens of entwined growth.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Lilttagheena maaban
For the transgressors a place of destination:
For the transgressors, a place of return,
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will dwell therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Jazaan wifaqan
A fitting recompense (for them).
An appropriate recompense.
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
And all things have We preserved on record.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Gardens and grapevines
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
WakawaAAiba atraban
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
Wakasan dihaqan
And a cup full (to the brim).
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
[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.
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
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.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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!"
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!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا