Al Nabaa

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

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?

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

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)

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they are in disagreement.

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 Nay, they will come to know!

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

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.).

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

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

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

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

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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

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

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

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

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 And gardens of thick growth.

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

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

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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]

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

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

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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.

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

22 Lilttagheena maaban

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),

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 They will abide therein for ages.

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

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

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

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

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

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

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

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.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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.

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

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

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Gardens and vineyards,

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And maidens for companions,

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

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a full cup.

34 And a full cup (of wine).

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

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

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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),

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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).

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

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.

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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)!

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

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!"