Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
Of what do they ask one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
About the great news -
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great event,
(It is) of the awful tidings,
That over which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
About which they differ?
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
No! They are going to know.
كلا سيعلمون
Nay! they shall soon come to know
Nay, but they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
And the mountains as stakes?
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And We created you in pairs
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We created you in pairs,
And We have created you in pairs,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made the night as clothing
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And We made the night to be a covering,
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the day for livelihood
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We made above you seven strong ones,
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And We made a shining lamp,
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
And gardens of entwined growth.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
And gardens of thick foliage.
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Surely hell lies in wait,
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
للطاغين مآبا
A place of resort for the inordinate,
A home for the rebellious.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لابثين فيها أحقابا
Living therein for ages.
They will abide therein for ages.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إلا حميما وغساقا
But boiling and intensely cold water,
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
An appropriate recompense.
جزاء وفاقا
Requital corresponding.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Surely they feared not the account,
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
And We have recorded everything in a book,
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gardens and grapevines
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and vineyards,
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وكواعب أترابا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And maidens for companions,
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
And a pure cup.
And a full cup.
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
[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.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
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.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
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!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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!
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!"