Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عن النبإ العظيم
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
والجبال أوتادا
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
وجنات ألفافا
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
للطاغين مآبا
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إلا حميما وغساقا
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جزاء وفاقا
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إن للمتقين مفازا
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
وكواعب أترابا
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
[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.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
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!"
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!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا