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?
AAamma yatasaaloona
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)
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
That over which they are in disagreement.
About which they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
No! They are going to know.
Nay, they will come to know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
And the mountains as stakes?
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And made the night as clothing
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And made the day for livelihood
And We have made the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick growth.
Wajannatin alfafan
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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]
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
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.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
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),
Lilttagheena maaban
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
An appropriate recompense.
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
Jazaan wifaqan
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
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.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
"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.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens and vineyards,
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
WakawaAAiba atraban
And a full cup.
And a full cup (of wine).
Wakasan dihaqan
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
[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),
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
[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).
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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)!
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban