Chapter 78, 40 verses
Concerning what are they disputing?
AAamma yatasaaloona
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Concerning the Great News,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
(It is) of the awful tidings,
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
About which they cannot agree.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, but they will come to know!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the high hills bulwarks ?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs,
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And made your sleep for rest,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And made the night as a covering,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick foliage.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
For the transgressors a place of destination:
Lilttagheena maaban
A home for the rebellious.
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
They will dwell therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages.
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
A fitting recompense (for them).
Jazaan wifaqan
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
And all things have We preserved on record.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
WakawaAAiba atraban
And maidens for companions,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a cup full (to the brim).
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
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.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
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.
Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
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!
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
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!"
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا