Al Nabaa

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

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2 Concerning the Great News,

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

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3 About which they cannot agree.

Transliteration

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

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4 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

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5 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

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6 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Saheeh International

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

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7 And the mountains as pegs?

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

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8 And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Transliteration

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Saheeh International

8 And We created you in pairs

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9 And made your sleep for rest,

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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10 And made the night as a covering,

Transliteration

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

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11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

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12 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

Transliteration

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Saheeh International

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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14 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Saheeh International

14 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

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15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Transliteration

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Saheeh International

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

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16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

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17 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,

Transliteration

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Saheeh International

17 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

Saheeh International

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

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19 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Saheeh International

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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20 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

Transliteration

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Saheeh International

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

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23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Transliteration

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Saheeh International

23 In which they will remain for ages [unending].

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24 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,

Transliteration

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Saheeh International

24 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

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25 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,

Transliteration

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

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27 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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28 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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30 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Saheeh International

30 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

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31 Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Saheeh International

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

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32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

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33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Transliteration

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

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34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

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35 No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Saheeh International

35 No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

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36 Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Saheeh International

36 [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

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37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

Saheeh International

37 [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.

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38 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.

Transliteration

38 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

Saheeh International

38 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.

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39 That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

Saheeh International

39 That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

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40 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!"

Transliteration

40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

Saheeh International

40 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 disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"