আন্ নাবাহ (মহাসংবাদ)

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

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

1 About what are they asking one another?

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 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

2 About the great news -

3 About which they are in disagreement.

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

4 Nay, they will come to know!

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4 No! They are going to know.

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

7 And the mountains as stakes?

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8 And We created you in pairs

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

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10 And made the night as clothing

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11 And made the day for livelihood

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

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

16 And gardens of thick growth.

16 Wajannatin alfafan

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

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

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

18 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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

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

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

20 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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 Lilttagheena maaban

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

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

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

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

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

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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

26 Jazaan wifaqan

26 An appropriate recompense.

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

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

28 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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

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

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

32 Gardens and grapevines

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

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

34 And a full cup (of wine).

34 Wakasan dihaqan

34 And a full cup.

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

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

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

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

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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

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 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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.

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

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.

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 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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

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

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!"