Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
Concerning what are they disputing?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the great news -
Concerning the Great News,
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
That over which they are in disagreement.
About which they cannot agree.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
No! They are going to know.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay, but they will come to know!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! They are going to know.
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the mountains as pegs?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We created you in pairs
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And We have created you in pairs,
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And made your sleep for rest,
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And made the night as clothing
And made the night as a covering,
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And made the day for livelihood
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of luxurious growth?
And gardens of thick foliage.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
For the transgressors a place of destination:
A home for the rebellious.
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will dwell therein for ages.
They will abide therein for ages.
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
An appropriate recompense.
A fitting recompense (for them).
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
And all things have We preserved on record.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And maidens for companions,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
And a cup full (to the brim).
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
[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 all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
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 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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
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 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!"
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!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا