Chapter 78, 40 verses
Concerning what are they disputing?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Concerning the Great News,
عن النبإ العظيم
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About which they cannot agree.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
كلا سيعلمون
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
And the mountains as pegs?
والجبال أوتادا
Waaljibala awtadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs,
And made your sleep for rest,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made the night as a covering,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
And gardens of luxurious growth?
وجنات ألفافا
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick foliage.
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
For the transgressors a place of destination:
للطاغين مآبا
Lilttagheena maaban
A home for the rebellious.
They will dwell therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
إلا حميما وغساقا
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
A fitting recompense (for them).
جزاء وفاقا
Jazaan wifaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And all things have We preserved on record.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
إن للمتقين مفازا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
حدائق وأعنابا
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وكواعب أترابا
WakawaAAiba atraban
And maidens for companions,
And a cup full (to the brim).
وكأسا دهاقا
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
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 forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
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 Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
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!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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!"