Al Nabaa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)

Shakir

2 About the great event,

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

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3 About which they are in disagreement.

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Saheeh International

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

Saheeh International

8 And We created you in pairs

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9 And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

Shakir

9 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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10 And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

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11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

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12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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13 And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

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13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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14 And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

Shakir

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

Saheeh International

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

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15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

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15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

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16 And gardens of thick growth.

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

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17 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Shakir

17 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

Saheeh International

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

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18 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

Shakir

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

Saheeh International

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

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19 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,

Shakir

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

Saheeh International

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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20 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

Shakir

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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22 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),

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

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23 They will abide therein for ages.

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

Saheeh International

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

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

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Saheeh International

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

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25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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26 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

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27 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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28 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.

Shakir

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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30 So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.

Shakir

30 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

Saheeh International

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

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31 Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);

Shakir

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

Saheeh International

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

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32 Gardens and vineyards,

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

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33 And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

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34 And a full cup (of wine).

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

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35 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

Shakir

35 They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

Saheeh International

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

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36 A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),

Shakir

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

Saheeh International

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

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37 (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).

Shakir

37 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 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.

Shakir

38 The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 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)!

Shakir

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

Saheeh International

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

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40 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 disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"

Shakir

40 Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!

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!"