Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
About the great news -
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عن النبإ العظيم
That over which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
No! They are going to know.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
Then, no! They are going to know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
And the mountains as stakes?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
والجبال أوتادا
And We created you in pairs
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made the night as clothing
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the day for livelihood
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
And gardens of entwined growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick foliage.
وجنات ألفافا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Lilttagheena maaban
A home for the rebellious.
للطاغين مآبا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إلا حميما وغساقا
An appropriate recompense.
Jazaan wifaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جزاء وفاقا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Gardens and grapevines
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
WakawaAAiba atraban
And maidens for companions,
وكواعب أترابا
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
[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
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
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
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
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
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
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
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