Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
About the great news -
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
That over which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
About which they are in disagreement.
No! They are going to know.
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
And the mountains as stakes?
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as pegs?
And We created you in pairs
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And made the night as clothing
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And made the day for livelihood
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And We 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 produce therewith corn and vegetations,
And gardens of entwined growth.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of thick growth.
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Verily, 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 when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
For the transgressors, a place of return,
للطاغين مآبا
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),
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will abide therein for ages.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إلا حميما وغساقا
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
An appropriate recompense.
جزاء وفاقا
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Gardens and grapevines
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and vineyards,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وكواعب أترابا
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup (of wine).
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
[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
(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).
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 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.
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 (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)!
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
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 will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"