عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
AAamma yatasaaloon
About what are they asking one another?
About what are they asking each other?
Surah 78
An-Naba
The Tidings
40 verses · Makkan · revealed 80th
النبإ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
AAani annaba-i alAAatheem
About the great news -
About the Great Event
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoon
That over which they are in disagreement.
in which they dispute!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla sayaAAlamoon
No! They are going to know.
Indeed they will soon know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoon
Then, no! They are going to know.
Again, indeed they will soon know.
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا
Alam najAAali al-arda mihada
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Did We not make the earth a floor,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Waljibala awtada
And the mountains as stakes?
and the mountains bulwarks?
وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
Wakhalaqnakum azwaja
And We created you in pairs.
And We have created you in pairs,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subata
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
and made your sleep a source of rest,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
WajaAAalna allayla libasa
And made the night as clothing.
and made the night a covering,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
WajaAAalna annaharamaAAasha
And made the day for livelihood.
and made the day a source of livelihood.
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidada
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].
And We have built seven strong (skies),
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhaja
And made [therein] a burning lamp
and created a luminous lamp (the sun).
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsiratimaan thajjaja
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water.
And We have sent down abundant water from the rain-laden clouds,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabata
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.
so that We bring out therewith grain and vegetation,
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Wajannatin alfafa
And gardens of entwined growth.
and thick gardens.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqata
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Yawma yunfakhu fee assoorifata/toona afwaja
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
a day when the trumpet will be blown, so you will come in multitudes,
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
Wafutihati assamao fakanatabwaba
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.
and the sky will be opened, so it will become as gates,
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanatsaraba
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
and the mountains will be set in motion, so they will be as mirage.
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsada
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Surely Jahannam (the Hell) lurks in ambush.
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
Littagheena maaba
For the transgressors, a place of return,
(It is) abode for the rebellious people
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Labitheena feeha ahqaba
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
who will be abiding in it for ages.
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
La yathooqoona feehabardan wala sharaba
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.
They will taste nothing cool in it, nor a drink,
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Illa hameeman waghassaqa
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
except boiling water and pus,
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Jazaan wifaqa
An appropriate recompense.
this being a punishment, fully commensurate (with their deeds).
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaba
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
They did not expect (to face) accounting (of their deeds),
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Wakaththaboo bi-ayatinakiththaba
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
and they rejected Our signs totally.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا
Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaba
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
And everything (from their deeds) is thoroughly recorded by Us in writing.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illaAAathaba
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
“So now taste! We will add nothing to you but torment.”
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafaza
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Of course, the God-fearing will have great achievement,
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا
Hada-iqa waaAAnaba
Gardens and grapevines.
-gardens and grapes,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
WakawaAAiba atraba
And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.
and buxom maidens of matching age,
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
Waka/san dihaqa
And a full cup.
and goblets filled up to the brim.
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwanwala kiththaba
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
They will not hear any vain talk therein, nor lies,
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaba
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
this being a reward from their Lord, a well calculated grant,
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Rabbi assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma arrahmani layamlikoona minhu khitaba
[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.
(from) the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the All-Merciful. No one will have power to address Him,
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
Yawma yaqoomu arroohu walmala-ikatusaffan la yatakallamoona illa man athinalahu arrahmanu waqala sawaba
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.
on the Day when the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows. They will not speak, except the one who is permitted by the RaHmān (the All-Merciful Allah) and speaks aright.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaba
That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That is the Day that is sure to come. So whoever so wishes may take refuge with his Lord.
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
Inna antharnakum AAathabanqareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamatyadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntuturaba
Indeed, We have warned you of an impending 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!"
We have warned you of an approaching torment (that will be inflicted) on a day when one will see what his hands have sent ahead, and the disbeliever will say, “O would that I had turned into dust.”