Chapter 78, 40 verses
Concerning what are they disputing?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Concerning the Great News,
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عن النبإ العظيم
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
About which they cannot agree.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay, but they will come to know!
كلا سيعلمون
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثم كلا سيعلمون
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the mountains as pegs?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
والجبال أوتادا
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And We have created you in pairs,
وخلقناكم أزواجا
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And made your sleep for rest,
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And made the night as a covering,
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of luxurious growth?
And gardens of thick foliage.
وجنات ألفافا
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
For the transgressors a place of destination:
A home for the rebellious.
للطاغين مآبا
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
They will dwell therein for ages.
They will abide therein for ages.
لابثين فيها أحقابا
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إلا حميما وغساقا
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
A fitting recompense (for them).
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جزاء وفاقا
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
And all things have We preserved on record.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إن للمتقين مفازا
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حدائق وأعنابا
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And maidens for companions,
وكواعب أترابا
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a cup full (to the brim).
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
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!"
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!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا