Chapter 78, 40 verses
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About what are they asking one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
[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.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
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 will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
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 will cry: "Would that I were dust!"