Al Nabaa

Yusuf Ali

1 Concerning what are they disputing?

Saheeh International

1 About what are they asking one another?

Transliteration

1 AAamma yatasaaloona

Yusuf Ali

2 Concerning the Great News,

Saheeh International

2 About the great news -

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2 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

Yusuf Ali

3 About which they cannot agree.

Saheeh International

3 That over which they are in disagreement.

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3 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

4 No! They are going to know.

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4 Kalla sayaAAlamoona

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

5 Then, no! They are going to know.

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5 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

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?

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6 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

Yusuf Ali

7 And the mountains as pegs?

Saheeh International

7 And the mountains as stakes?

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7 Waaljibala awtadan

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

8 And We created you in pairs

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8 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

Yusuf Ali

9 And made your sleep for rest,

Saheeh International

9 And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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9 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

Yusuf Ali

10 And made the night as a covering,

Saheeh International

10 And made the night as clothing

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10 WajaAAalna allayla libasan

Yusuf Ali

11 And made the day as a means of subsistence?

Saheeh International

11 And made the day for livelihood

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11 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

12 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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12 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

Yusuf Ali

13 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?

Saheeh International

13 And made [therein] a burning lamp

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13 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

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

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14 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

Yusuf Ali

15 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

Saheeh International

15 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

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15 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

Yusuf Ali

16 And gardens of luxurious growth?

Saheeh International

16 And gardens of entwined growth.

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16 Wajannatin alfafan

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 -

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17 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

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

Transliteration

18 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

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

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19 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

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.

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20 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

Yusuf Ali

21 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

Saheeh International

21 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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21 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

Yusuf Ali

22 For the transgressors a place of destination:

Saheeh International

22 For the transgressors, a place of return,

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22 Lilttagheena maaban

Yusuf Ali

23 They will dwell therein for ages.

Saheeh International

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

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23 Labitheena feeha ahqaban

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

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24 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

25 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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25 Illa hameeman waghassaqan

Yusuf Ali

26 A fitting recompense (for them).

Saheeh International

26 An appropriate recompense.

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26 Jazaan wifaqan

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

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27 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

28 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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28 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

Yusuf Ali

29 And all things have We preserved on record.

Saheeh International

29 But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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29 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

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."

Transliteration

30 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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 -

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31 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

Yusuf Ali

32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;

Saheeh International

32 Gardens and grapevines

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32 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

Yusuf Ali

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

Saheeh International

33 And full - breasted [companions] of equal age

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33 WakawaAAiba atraban

Yusuf Ali

34 And a cup full (to the brim).

Saheeh International

34 And a full cup.

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34 Wakasan dihaqan

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

35 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

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,

Transliteration

36 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

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.

Transliteration

37 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

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.

Transliteration

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

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.

Transliteration

39 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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!"

Transliteration

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