Al Nabaa

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Pickthall

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Pickthall

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

Saheeh International

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Pickthall

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

8 And We have created you in pairs,

Saheeh International

8 And We created you in pairs

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

Pickthall

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

Pickthall

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Pickthall

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Pickthall

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

Saheeh International

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Pickthall

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

Saheeh International

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Pickthall

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

Saheeh International

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

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,

Pickthall

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Pickthall

22 A home for the rebellious.

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Pickthall

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Pickthall

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Pickthall

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

Saheeh International

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Pickthall

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Pickthall

33 And maidens for companions,

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Pickthall

34 And a full cup.

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

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.

Yusuf Ali

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.

Pickthall

38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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!"

Pickthall

40 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 disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"

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!"