Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
Of what do they ask one another?
About the great news -
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great event,
That over which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
About which they differ?
No! They are going to know.
كلا سيعلمون
Nay! they shall soon come to know
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
And the mountains as stakes?
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
And We created you in pairs
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We 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 made the night as clothing
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And We made the night to be a covering,
And made the day for livelihood
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We made above you seven strong ones,
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And We made a shining 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,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
And gardens of entwined growth.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
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,
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 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.
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Surely hell lies in wait,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
للطاغين مآبا
A place of resort for the inordinate,
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لابثين فيها أحقابا
Living 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
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إلا حميما وغساقا
But boiling and intensely cold water,
An appropriate recompense.
جزاء وفاقا
Requital corresponding.
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Surely they feared not the account,
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
And We have recorded everything 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.
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
Gardens and grapevines
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and vineyards,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وكواعب أترابا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
And a pure 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.
[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:
[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.
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.
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.
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!