Chapter 78, 40 verses
Concerning what are they disputing?
AAamma yatasaaloona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
About what are they asking one another?
Concerning the Great News,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
عن النبإ العظيم
About the great news -
About which they cannot agree.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
That over which they are in disagreement.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
كلا سيعلمون
No! They are going to know.
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Then, no! They are going 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 a resting place?
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
والجبال أوتادا
And the mountains as stakes?
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And We created you in pairs
And made your sleep for rest,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And made the night as a covering,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the night as clothing
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And made the day for livelihood
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Wajannatin alfafan
وجنات ألفافا
And gardens of entwined growth.
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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;
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
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,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
For the transgressors a place of destination:
Lilttagheena maaban
للطاغين مآبا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
They will dwell therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
لابثين فيها أحقابا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
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,
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
إلا حميما وغساقا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
A fitting recompense (for them).
Jazaan wifaqan
جزاء وفاقا
An appropriate recompense.
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
And all things have We preserved on record.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
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."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
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;
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
إن للمتقين مفازا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
حدائق وأعنابا
Gardens and grapevines
And voluptuous women of equal age;
WakawaAAiba atraban
وكواعب أترابا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
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
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
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.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
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.
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
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!
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
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!"
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
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!"