Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
About what are they asking 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)
About the great news -
عن النبإ العظيم
About which they are in disagreement.
That over which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Nay, they will come to know!
No! They are going to know.
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
And the mountains as pegs?
And the mountains as stakes?
والجبال أوتادا
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And We created you in pairs
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And made the night as clothing
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
And gardens of thick growth.
And gardens of entwined growth.
وجنات ألفافا
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed 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]
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
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),
For the transgressors, a place of return,
للطاغين مآبا
They will abide therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لابثين فيها أحقابا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إلا حميما وغساقا
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
An appropriate recompense.
جزاء وفاقا
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
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.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Gardens and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
حدائق وأعنابا
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وكواعب أترابا
And a full cup (of wine).
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
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).
[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.
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.
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.
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)!
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
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!"
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!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا