Chapter 78, 40 verses
Concerning what are they disputing?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
About what are they asking one another?
Concerning the Great News,
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great news -
About which they cannot agree.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
That over which they are in disagreement.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
كلا سيعلمون
No! They are going to know.
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Then, no! They are going to know.
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
And the mountains as pegs?
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as stakes?
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We created you in pairs
And made your sleep for rest,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And made the night as a covering,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as clothing
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day for livelihood
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
And gardens of luxurious growth?
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of entwined growth.
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
For the transgressors a place of destination:
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
They will dwell therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
إلا حميما وغساقا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
A fitting recompense (for them).
جزاء وفاقا
An appropriate recompense.
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
And all things have We preserved on record.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
إن للمتقين مفازا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and grapevines
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وكواعب أترابا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And a cup full (to the brim).
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
(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
[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.
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
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.
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
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
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
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!"