78. An-Naba

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

About what are they asking one another?

ʿamma yatasāalūna

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

About the great news1 -

ʿani l-naba-i l-ʿaẓīmi

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

That over which they are in disagreement.

alladhī hum fīhi mukh'talifūna

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

No! They are going to know.

kallā sayaʿlamūna

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Then, no! They are going to know.

thumma kallā sayaʿlamūna

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

alam najʿali l-arḍa mihādan

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

And the mountains as stakes?1

wal-jibāla awtādan

وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا

And We created you in pairs.

wakhalaqnākum azwājan

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

wajaʿalnā nawmakum subātan

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

And made the night as clothing1.

wajaʿalnā al-layla libāsan

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

And made the day for livelihood.

wajaʿalnā l-nahāra maʿāshan

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].

wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādan

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

And made [therein] a burning lamp

wajaʿalnā sirājan wahhājan

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا

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

wa-anzalnā mina l-muʿ'ṣirāti māan thajjājan

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.

linukh'rija bihi ḥabban wanabātan

وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا

And gardens of entwined growth.

wajannātin alfāfan

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

inna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātan

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

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

yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri fatatūna afwājan

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.

wafutiḥati l-samāu fakānat abwāban

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

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

wasuyyirati l-jibālu fakānat sarāban

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

inna jahannama kānat mir'ṣādan

لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا

For the transgressors, a place of return,

lilṭṭāghīna maāban

لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

lābithīna fīhā aḥqāban

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

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

lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan walā sharāban

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

illā ḥamīman waghassāqan

جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا

An appropriate recompense.1

jazāan wifāqan

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisāban

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

wakadhabū biāyātinā kidhāban

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu kitāban

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."1

fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhāban

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment1 -

inna lil'muttaqīna mafāzan

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا

Gardens and grapevines.

ḥadāiqa wa-aʿnāban

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.

wakawāʿiba atrāban

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

And a full cup.1

wakasan dihāqan

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā kidhāban

جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا

[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,1

jazāan min rabbika ʿaṭāan ḥisāban

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

[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.1

rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-raḥmāni lā yamlikūna min'hu khiṭāban

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] 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.

yawma yaqūmu l-rūḥu wal-malāikatu ṣaffan lā yatakallamūna illā man adhina lahu l-raḥmānu waqāla ṣawāban

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.1

dhālika l-yawmu l-ḥaqu faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi maāban

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth1 and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

innā andharnākum ʿadhāban qarīban yawma yanẓuru l-maru mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlu l-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turāban