AN-NABA (THE TIDINGS, THE ANNOUNCEMENT)

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءلُونَ {1}

078.001 AAamma yatasaaloona
YUSUFALI: Concerning what are they disputing?
PICKTHAL: Whereof do they question one another?
SHAKIR: Of what do they ask one another?

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ {2}

078.002 AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi
YUSUFALI: Concerning the Great News,
PICKTHAL: (It is) of the awful tidings,
SHAKIR: About the great event,

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ {3}

078.003 Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
YUSUFALI: About which they cannot agree.
PICKTHAL: Concerning which they are in disagreement.
SHAKIR: About which they differ?

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ {4}

078.004 Kalla sayaAAlamoona
YUSUFALI: Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
PICKTHAL: Nay, but they will come to know!
SHAKIR: Nay! they shall soon come to know

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ {5}

078.005 Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
YUSUFALI: Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
PICKTHAL: Nay, again, but they will come to know!
SHAKIR: Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا {6}

078.006 Alam najAAali alarda mihadan
YUSUFALI: Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
PICKTHAL: Have We not made the earth an expanse,
SHAKIR: Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا {7}

078.007 Waaljibala awtadan
YUSUFALI: And the mountains as pegs?
PICKTHAL: And the high hills bulwarks?
SHAKIR: And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا {8}

078.008 Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
YUSUFALI: And (have We not) created you in pairs,
PICKTHAL: And We have created you in pairs,
SHAKIR: And We created you in pairs,

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا {9}

078.009 WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
YUSUFALI: And made your sleep for rest,
PICKTHAL: And have appointed your sleep for repose,
SHAKIR: And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا {10}

078.010 WajaAAalna allayla libasan
YUSUFALI: And made the night as a covering,
PICKTHAL: And have appointed the night as a cloak,
SHAKIR: And We made the night to be a covering,

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا {11}

078.011 WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
YUSUFALI: And made the day as a means of subsistence?
PICKTHAL: And have appointed the day for livelihood.
SHAKIR: And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا {12}

078.012 Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
YUSUFALI: And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
PICKTHAL: And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
SHAKIR: And We made above you seven strong ones,

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا {13}

078.013 WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
YUSUFALI: And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
PICKTHAL: And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
SHAKIR: And We made a shining lamp,

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاء ثَجَّاجًا {14}

078.014 Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
YUSUFALI: And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
PICKTHAL: And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
SHAKIR: And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

لِنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا {15}

078.015 Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
YUSUFALI: That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
PICKTHAL: Thereby to produce grain and plant,
SHAKIR: That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا {16}

078.016 Wajannatin alfafan
YUSUFALI: And gardens of luxurious growth?
PICKTHAL: And gardens of thick foliage.
SHAKIR: And gardens dense and luxuriant.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا {17}

078.017 Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
YUSUFALI: Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
PICKTHAL: Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
SHAKIR: Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا {18}

078.018 Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan
YUSUFALI: The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
PICKTHAL: A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
SHAKIR: The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاء فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا {19}

078.019 Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
YUSUFALI: And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
PICKTHAL: And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
SHAKIR: And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا {20}

078.020 Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
YUSUFALI: And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
PICKTHAL: And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
SHAKIR: And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا {21}

078.021 Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
YUSUFALI: Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
PICKTHAL: Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
SHAKIR: Surely hell lies in wait,

لِلْطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا {22}

078.022 Lilttagheena maaban
YUSUFALI: For the transgressors a place of destination:
PICKTHAL: A home for the rebellious.
SHAKIR: A place of resort for the inordinate,

لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا {23}

078.023 Labitheena feeha ahqaban
YUSUFALI: They will dwell therein for ages.
PICKTHAL: They will abide therein for ages.
SHAKIR: Living therein for ages.

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا {24}

078.024 La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
YUSUFALI: Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
PICKTHAL: Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
SHAKIR: They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا {25}

078.025 Illa hameeman waghassaqan
YUSUFALI: Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
PICKTHAL: Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
SHAKIR: But boiling and intensely cold water,

جَزَاء وِفَاقًا {26}

078.026 Jazaan wifaqan
YUSUFALI: A fitting recompense (for them).
PICKTHAL: Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
SHAKIR: Requital corresponding.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا {27}

078.027 Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
YUSUFALI: For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
PICKTHAL: For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
SHAKIR: Surely they feared not the account,

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا {28}

078.028 Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban
YUSUFALI: But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
PICKTHAL: They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
SHAKIR: And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا {29}

078.029 Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban
YUSUFALI: And all things have We preserved on record.
PICKTHAL: Everything have We recorded in a Book.
SHAKIR: And We have recorded everything in a book,

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا {30}

078.030 Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
YUSUFALI: "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
PICKTHAL: So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
SHAKIR: So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا {31}

078.031 Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
YUSUFALI: Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
PICKTHAL: Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
SHAKIR: Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا {32}

078.032 Hadaiqa waaAAnaban
YUSUFALI: Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
PICKTHAL: Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
SHAKIR: Gardens and vineyards,

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا {33}

078.033 WakawaAAiba atraban
YUSUFALI: And voluptuous women of equal age;
PICKTHAL: And voluptuous women of equal age;
SHAKIR: And voluptuous women of equal age;

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا {34}

078.034 Wakasan dihaqan
YUSUFALI: And a cup full (to the brim).
PICKTHAL: And a full cup.
SHAKIR: And a pure cup.

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا {35}

078.035 La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
YUSUFALI: No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth:-
PICKTHAL: There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
SHAKIR: They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

جَزَاء مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاء حِسَابًا {36}

078.036 Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
YUSUFALI: Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
PICKTHAL: Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
SHAKIR: A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرحْمَنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا {37}

078.037 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
YUSUFALI: (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
PICKTHAL: Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
SHAKIR: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرحْمَنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا {38}

078.038 Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
YUSUFALI: 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.
PICKTHAL: On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
SHAKIR: The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ فَمَن شَاء اتَّخَذَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ مَآبًا {39}

078.039 Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
YUSUFALI: That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
PICKTHAL: That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
SHAKIR: That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

إِنَّا أَنذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَابًا {40}

078.040 Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
YUSUFALI: 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!"
PICKTHAL: Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"
SHAKIR: Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!