আন্ নাবাহ (মহাসংবাদ)

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

2 Concerning the Great News,

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 About which they cannot agree.

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

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

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

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

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

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

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

8 And We have created you in pairs,

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

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

9 And made your sleep for rest,

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

10 And made the night as a covering,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

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

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

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

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

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

16 Wajannatin alfafan

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

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

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

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

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

20 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

22 A home for the rebellious.

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

22 Lilttagheena maaban

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

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

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

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

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

26 Jazaan wifaqan

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

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

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

28 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

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

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

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

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

33 And maidens for companions,

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

34 And a full cup.

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

34 Wakasan dihaqan

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

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

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

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

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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 all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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 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.

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

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

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

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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 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!"

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