Chapter 78, 40 verses
Concerning what are they disputing?
AAamma yatasaaloona
About what are they asking one another?
Concerning the Great News,
AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
About the great news -
About which they cannot agree.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
That over which they are in disagreement.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
No! They are going to know.
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Then, no! They are going to know.
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as stakes?
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We created you in pairs
And made your sleep for rest,
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And made the night as a covering,
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And made the night as clothing
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And made the day for livelihood
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
And gardens of luxurious growth?
Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of entwined growth.
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
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
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
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
For the transgressors a place of destination:
Lilttagheena maaban
For the transgressors, a place of return,
They will dwell therein for ages.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
A fitting recompense (for them).
Jazaan wifaqan
An appropriate recompense.
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
And all things have We preserved on record.
Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
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
"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
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
Gardens and grapevines
And voluptuous women of equal age;
WakawaAAiba atraban
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And a cup full (to the brim).
Wakasan dihaqan
And a full cup.
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
[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
[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
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
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
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!"