Al Nabaa

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

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,

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

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.

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 About which they are in disagreement.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Nay, they will come to know!

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay, again, they will come to know!

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

6 Have We not made the earth a resting place?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Have We not made the earth as a bed,

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

8 And We created you in pairs

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,

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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,

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

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?

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

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,

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Saheeh International

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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,

Saheeh International

14 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

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,

Saheeh International

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And gardens of thick growth.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

17 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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;

Saheeh International

18 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

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,

Saheeh International

19 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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.

Saheeh International

20 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

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,

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

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.

Saheeh International

23 In which they will remain for ages [unending].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 They will abide therein for ages.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

24 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

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,

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

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),

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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.

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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.

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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."

Saheeh International

30 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

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;

Saheeh International

31 Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Gardens and vineyards,

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And a full cup (of wine).

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

35 No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

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,

Saheeh International

36 [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

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.

Saheeh International

37 [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.

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.

Saheeh International

38 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.

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!

Saheeh International

39 That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

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!"

Saheeh International

40 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 disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

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!"