Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
About the great news -
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
عن النبإ العظيم
That over which they are in disagreement.
About which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
No! They are going to know.
Nay, they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the mountains as pegs?
والجبال أوتادا
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made the night as clothing
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the day for livelihood
And We have made the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick growth.
وجنات ألفافا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Verily, 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
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
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),
للطاغين مآبا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
إلا حميما وغساقا
An appropriate recompense.
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
جزاء وفاقا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
إن للمتقين مفازا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
وكواعب أترابا
And a full cup.
And a full cup (of wine).
وكأسا دهاقا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
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.
(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).
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.
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.
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.
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)!
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!"
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!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا