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?
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)
About the great news -
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
About which they are in disagreement.
That over which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Nay, they will come to know!
No! They are going to know.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
And the mountains as pegs?
And the mountains as stakes?
Waaljibala awtadan
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And We created you in pairs
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And made the night as clothing
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And made the day for livelihood
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And made [therein] a burning lamp
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
And gardens of thick growth.
And gardens of entwined growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed 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]
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
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.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
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),
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Lilttagheena maaban
They will abide therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
An appropriate recompense.
Jazaan wifaqan
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
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.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
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."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Gardens and vineyards,
Gardens and grapevines
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
WakawaAAiba atraban
And a full cup (of wine).
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
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,
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).
[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.
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.
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.
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)!
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
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!"
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban