In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
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
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عن النبإ العظيم
About which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Nay, they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
والجبال أوتادا
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And We have made the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
And gardens of thick growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick foliage.
وجنات ألفافا
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
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
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
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
A home for the rebellious.
للطاغين مآبا
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إلا حميما وغساقا
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
Jazaan wifaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جزاء وفاقا
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
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
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Gardens and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
WakawaAAiba atraban
And maidens for companions,
وكواعب أترابا
And a full cup (of wine).
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
(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
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
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
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
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
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
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
Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the will cry: "Would that I were dust!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا