Chapter 78, 40 verses
Concerning what are they disputing?
AAamma yatasaaloona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Concerning the Great News,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عن النبإ العظيم
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About which they cannot agree.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كلا سيعلمون
Nay, but they will come to know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
والجبال أوتادا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We have created you in pairs,
And made your sleep for rest,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made the night as a covering,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Wajannatin alfafan
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of thick foliage.
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
For the transgressors a place of destination:
Lilttagheena maaban
للطاغين مآبا
A home for the rebellious.
They will dwell therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لابثين فيها أحقابا
They will abide therein for ages.
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إلا حميما وغساقا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
A fitting recompense (for them).
Jazaan wifaqan
جزاء وفاقا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And all things have We preserved on record.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إن للمتقين مفازا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
WakawaAAiba atraban
وكواعب أترابا
And maidens for companions,
And a cup full (to the brim).
Wakasan dihaqan
وكأسا دهاقا
And a full cup.
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا
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!"