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
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
Waaljibala awtadan
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
Wajannatin alfafan
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
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
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
Lilttagheena maaban
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Jazaan wifaqan
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
"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
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
WakawaAAiba atraban
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
[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
[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
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
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
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