Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
Concerning what are they disputing?
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
About the great news -
Concerning the Great News,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
(It is) of the awful tidings,
That over which they are in disagreement.
About which they cannot agree.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
No! They are going to know.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
And the mountains as stakes?
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And We created you in pairs
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And made your sleep for rest,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made the night as clothing
And made the night as a covering,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the day for livelihood
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick foliage.
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
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;
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
For the transgressors a place of destination:
Lilttagheena maaban
A home for the rebellious.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will dwell therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
An appropriate recompense.
A fitting recompense (for them).
Jazaan wifaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
And all things have We preserved on record.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
"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."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And voluptuous women of equal age;
WakawaAAiba atraban
And maidens for companions,
And a full cup.
And a cup full (to the brim).
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
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!"
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!"