Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
About the great news -
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
That over which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
About which they are in disagreement.
No! They are going to know.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
And the mountains as stakes?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as pegs?
And We created you in pairs
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And made the night as clothing
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And made the day for livelihood
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And made [therein] a burning lamp
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
And gardens of entwined growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick growth.
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
For the transgressors, a place of return,
Lilttagheena maaban
A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
An appropriate recompense.
Jazaan wifaqan
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Gardens and grapevines
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens and vineyards,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
WakawaAAiba atraban
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And a full cup.
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup (of wine).
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
[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
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).
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
The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allah) allows, and he will speak 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
That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!
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
Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"