Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
AAamma yatasaaloona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
Concerning what are they disputing?
About the great news -
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عن النبإ العظيم
Concerning the Great News,
That over which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
About which they cannot agree.
No! They are going to know.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كلا سيعلمون
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
And the mountains as stakes?
Waaljibala awtadan
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as pegs?
And We created you in pairs
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep for rest,
And made the night as clothing
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as a covering,
And made the day for livelihood
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And made [therein] a burning lamp
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
And gardens of entwined growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Lilttagheena maaban
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors a place of destination:
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will dwell therein for ages.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
An appropriate recompense.
Jazaan wifaqan
جزاء وفاقا
A fitting recompense (for them).
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
And all things have We preserved on record.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إن للمتقين مفازا
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Gardens and grapevines
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
WakawaAAiba atraban
وكواعب أترابا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
وكأسا دهاقا
And a cup full (to the brim).
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
[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.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to 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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!"