Al Nabaa

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Transliteration

2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Transliteration

3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Transliteration

7 Waaljibala awtadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

Transliteration

9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

Transliteration

10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Transliteration

11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And We have made the day for livelihood.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Transliteration

13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Transliteration

15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Transliteration

16 Wajannatin alfafan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Transliteration

21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Transliteration

22 Lilttagheena maaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Transliteration

23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Transliteration

26 Jazaan wifaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Transliteration

29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And all things We have recorded in a Book.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Transliteration

32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Transliteration

33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Transliteration

34 Wakasan dihaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),

Yusuf Ali

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).

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.

Transliteration

38 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allah) allows, and he will speak what is right.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!

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!"

Transliteration

40 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"