الـنبإ

1 Of what do they ask one another?

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

2 About the great event,

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 About which they differ?

3 About which they are in disagreement.

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

4 Nay, they will come to know!

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

8 And We created you in pairs,

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

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

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

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

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

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

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

13 And We made a shining lamp,

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

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

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

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

16 And gardens of thick growth.

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

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

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

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 shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

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

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

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

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

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 Living therein for ages.

23 They will abide therein for ages.

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

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

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

26 Requital corresponding.

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

27 Surely they feared not the account,

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

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

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

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

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

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

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

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

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Gardens and vineyards,

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

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

34 And a pure cup.

34 And a full cup (of wine).

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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 sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with 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)!

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!

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!"