الـنبإ

1 About what are they asking one another?

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

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

2 About the great news -

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 Concerning the Great News,

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they cannot agree.

4 No! They are going to know.

4 Nay, they will come to know!

4 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

5 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

6 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

7 And the mountains as stakes?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

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.).

8 And (have We not) created you in pairs,

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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

9 And made your sleep for rest,

10 And made the night as clothing

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

10 And made the night as a covering,

11 And made the day for livelihood

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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

12 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

14 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

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

14 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

16 And gardens of thick growth.

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

17 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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

17 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth 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 that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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

19 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] 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 vanish, as if they were a mirage.

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

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 For the transgressors a place of destination:

23 In which they will remain for ages [unending].

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

24 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

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

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

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

25 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

26 An appropriate recompense.

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

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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

27 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] 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 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

30 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

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

30 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

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

31 Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;

32 Gardens and grapevines

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

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 cup full (to the brim).

35 No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

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

35 No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -

36 [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

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

36 Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,

37 [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.

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 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

38 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.

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 that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.

39 That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

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 Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!

40 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 disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish 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 Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!"