Chapter 78, 40 verses
Concerning what are they disputing?
About what are they asking one another?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عم يتساءلون
Concerning the Great News,
About the great news -
عن النبإ العظيم
About which they cannot agree.
That over which they are in disagreement.
الذي هم فيه مختلفون
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
No! They are going to know.
كلا سيعلمون
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثم كلا سيعلمون
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا
And the mountains as pegs?
And the mountains as stakes?
والجبال أوتادا
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
And We created you in pairs
وخلقناكم أزواجا
And made your sleep for rest,
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وجعلنا نومكم سباتا
And made the night as a covering,
And made the night as clothing
وجعلنا الليل لباسا
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
And made the day for livelihood
وجعلنا النهار معاشا
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لنخرج به حبا ونباتا
And gardens of luxurious growth?
And gardens of entwined growth.
وجنات ألفافا
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إن جهنم كانت مرصادا
For the transgressors a place of destination:
For the transgressors, a place of return,
للطاغين مآبا
They will dwell therein for ages.
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لابثين فيها أحقابا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إلا حميما وغساقا
A fitting recompense (for them).
An appropriate recompense.
جزاء وفاقا
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And all things have We preserved on record.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا
"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إن للمتقين مفازا
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
Gardens and grapevines
حدائق وأعنابا
And voluptuous women of equal age;
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وكواعب أترابا
And a cup full (to the brim).
And a full cup.
وكأسا دهاقا
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا كذابا
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
جزاء من ربك عطاء حسابا
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
[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.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما الرحمن ۖ لا يملكون منه خطابا
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.
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.
يوم يقوم الروح والملائكة صفا ۖ لا يتكلمون إلا من أذن له الرحمن وقال صوابا
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
ذلك اليوم الحق ۖ فمن شاء اتخذ إلى ربه مآبا
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!"
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!"
إنا أنذرناكم عذابا قريبا يوم ينظر المرء ما قدمت يداه ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت ترابا