Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
Of what do they ask one another?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
About the great news -
About the great event,
عن النبإ العظيم
(It is) of the awful tidings,
That over which they are in disagreement.
About which they differ?
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
No! They are going to know.
Nay! they shall soon come to know
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, but they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
And the mountains as stakes?
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
والجبال أوتادا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And We created you in pairs
And We created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have created you in pairs,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made the night as clothing
And We made the night to be a covering,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the day for livelihood
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We made above you seven strong ones,
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And We made a shining lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of thick foliage.
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Surely hell lies in wait,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A place of resort for the inordinate,
للطاغين مآبا
A home for the rebellious.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Living therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will abide therein for ages.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
But boiling and intensely cold water,
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
An appropriate recompense.
Requital corresponding.
جزاء وفاقا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Surely they feared not the account,
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
And We have recorded everything in a book,
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
إن للمتقين مفازا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وكواعب أترابا
And maidens for companions,
And a full cup.
And a pure cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
[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.
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
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.
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.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto 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!"
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!
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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!"