الـنبإ

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

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

1 Of what do they ask one another?

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

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)

2 About the great event,

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they differ?

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 Nay, they will come to know!

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

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

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

8 And We have created you in pairs,

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

8 And We created you in pairs,

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

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

9 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

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

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

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

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

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

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

13 And We made a shining lamp,

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

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

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 And gardens of thick growth.

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

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

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

17 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

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

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

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

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

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

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

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

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

22 A home for the rebellious.

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),

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 Living therein for ages.

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

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

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

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

26 Requital corresponding.

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

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

27 Surely they feared not the account,

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

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

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

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

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

30 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

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

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Gardens and vineyards,

33 And maidens for companions,

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

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

34 And a full cup.

34 And a full cup (of wine).

34 And a pure cup.

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

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

35 They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

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

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).

37 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

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 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.

38 The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

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

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)!

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

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 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!"

40 Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!