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 ?
AAamma yatasaaloona
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
Waaljibala awtadan
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
Wajannatin alfafan
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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,
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
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.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
Lilttagheena maaban
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Jazaan wifaqan
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
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.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
WakawaAAiba atraban
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
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 -
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
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.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا