আন্ নাবাহ (মহাসংবাদ)

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

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

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

2 Concerning the Great News,

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

3 About which they cannot agree.

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

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

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

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

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

7 Waaljibala awtadan

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

8 And We have created you in pairs,

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

9 And made your sleep for rest,

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

10 And made the night as a covering,

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

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

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

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

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

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

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

16 Wajannatin alfafan

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

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

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

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

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

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

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

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

22 A home for the rebellious.

22 Lilttagheena maaban

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

23 They will abide therein for ages.

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

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

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

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

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

26 Jazaan wifaqan

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

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

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

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

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

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

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 And maidens for companions,

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

34 And a full cup.

34 Wakasan dihaqan

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

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

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

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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

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

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

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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