الـنبإ

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 About which they are in disagreement.

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 Nay, they will come to know!

5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

8 And We have created you in pairs,

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).

14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

14 And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

17 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

18 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

20 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

22 A home for the rebellious.

22 Lilttagheena maaban

22 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),

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

28 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

30 So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

31 Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens and vineyards,

33 And maidens for companions,

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,

34 And a full cup.

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

35 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

36 A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),

37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

37 (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).

38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

38 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

38 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.

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

39 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)!

40 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 disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"

40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

40 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 disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"