Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
Concerning what are they disputing?
AAamma yatasaaloona
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the great news -
Concerning the Great News,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
That over which they are in disagreement.
About which they cannot agree.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
No! They are going to know.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! They are going to know.
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We created you in pairs
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And made your sleep for rest,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And made the night as clothing
And made the night as a covering,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And made the day for livelihood
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
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
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Wajannatin alfafan
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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;
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
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,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
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.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
For the transgressors a place of destination:
Lilttagheena maaban
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will dwell therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
An appropriate recompense.
A fitting recompense (for them).
Jazaan wifaqan
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
And all things have We preserved on record.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
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."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
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;
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And voluptuous women of equal age;
WakawaAAiba atraban
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
And a cup full (to the brim).
Wakasan dihaqan
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
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,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
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.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
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!
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا