Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
Concerning what are they disputing?
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
عن النبإ العظيم
Concerning the Great News,
About which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
About which they cannot agree.
Nay, they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay, again, they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
And the mountains as pegs?
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as pegs?
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep for rest,
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as a covering,
And We have made the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
And gardens of thick growth.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors a place of destination:
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will dwell therein for ages.
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
جزاء وفاقا
A fitting recompense (for them).
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
And all things have We preserved on record.
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
إن للمتقين مفازا
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Gardens and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
وكواعب أترابا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And a full cup (of wine).
وكأسا دهاقا
And a cup full (to the brim).
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allah) allows, and he will speak what is right.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
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.
That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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!"