Al Nabaa

1 About what are they asking one another?

1 Of what do they ask one another?

2 About the great news -

2 About the great event,

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they differ?

4 No! They are going to know.

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

7 And the mountains as stakes?

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

8 And We created you in pairs

8 And We created you in pairs,

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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

10 And made the night as clothing

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

11 And made the day for livelihood

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

13 And We made a shining lamp,

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

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

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

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

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

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

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

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

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

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

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

23 Living therein for ages.

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

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

26 An appropriate recompense.

26 Requital corresponding.

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

27 Surely they feared not the account,

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

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

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

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

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

32 Gardens and grapevines

32 Gardens and vineyards,

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

34 And a full cup.

34 And a pure cup.

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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 he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with 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 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!