In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
AAamma yatasaaloona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
About what are they asking one another?
Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
AAamma yatasaaloona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
About what are they asking one another?
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great news -
About which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
That over which they are in disagreement.
Nay, they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كلا سيعلمون
No! They are going to know.
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Then, no! They are going to know.
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as stakes?
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We created you in pairs
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as clothing
And We have made the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day for livelihood
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
And gardens of thick growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of entwined growth.
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
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),
Lilttagheena maaban
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لابثين فيها أحقابا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إلا حميما وغساقا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
Jazaan wifaqan
جزاء وفاقا
An appropriate recompense.
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إن للمتقين مفازا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Gardens and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and grapevines
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
WakawaAAiba atraban
وكواعب أترابا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And a full cup (of wine).
Wakasan dihaqan
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
(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).
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
[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.
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
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.
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)!
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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!"