Al Nabaa

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Shakir

1 Of what do they ask one another?

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Shakir

2 About the great event,

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3 About which they cannot agree.

Shakir

3 About which they differ?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Shakir

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

8 And We created you in pairs,

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9 And made your sleep for rest,

Shakir

9 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

Shakir

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

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11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Shakir

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

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

Shakir

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

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13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Shakir

13 And We made a shining lamp,

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

Shakir

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

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15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Shakir

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Shakir

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

17 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

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

Shakir

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Shakir

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Shakir

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

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23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Shakir

23 Living therein for ages.

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

Shakir

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Shakir

26 Requital corresponding.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

27 Surely they feared not the account,

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

Shakir

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

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29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Shakir

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

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

Shakir

30 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Shakir

32 Gardens and vineyards,

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33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Shakir

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

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34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Shakir

34 And a pure cup.

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

Shakir

35 They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

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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.

Shakir

37 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

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.

Shakir

38 The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

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!"

Shakir

40 Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!