Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
AAamma yatasaaloona
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
About which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Nay, they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And We have made the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
And gardens of thick growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
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
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
Jazaan wifaqan
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
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
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Gardens and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
WakawaAAiba atraban
And a full cup (of wine).
Wakasan dihaqan
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
(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
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
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
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