النبإ An-Naba

78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝١

AAamma yatasaaloon

About what are they asking one another?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

What is it that they are questioning each other about?!Ali Quli Qarai

About what are they asking one another?Saheeh International

78:2

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٢

AAani annaba-i alAAatheem

Concerning the great event of resurrection and judgementS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[Is it] about the Great Tiding,Ali Quli Qarai

About the great news -Saheeh International

78:3

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ۝٣

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoon

about which they differ: some of them reject it; some are in doubt, and a few know the truth but are in obstinate denial.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

the one about which they differ?Ali Quli Qarai

That over which they are in disagreement.Saheeh International

78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤

Kalla sayaAAlamoon

Nonetheless, you shall soon know the reality of resurrection;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

No indeed! Soon they will know!Ali Quli Qarai

No! They are going to know.Saheeh International

78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ۝٥

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoon

and you shall soon know the judgement again.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

No indeed! Soon they will know for once again!Ali Quli Qarai

Then, no! They are going to know.Saheeh International

78:6

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا ۝٦

Alam najAAali al-arda mihada

Did We not make the earth a place of restS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Did We not make the earth a resting place?Ali Quli Qarai

Have We not made the earth a resting place?Saheeh International

78:7

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا ۝٧

Waljibala awtada

and the mountains as pegs to stabilize the earth’s movement?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and the mountains stakes?Ali Quli Qarai

And the mountains as stakes?Saheeh International

78:8

وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ۝٨

Wakhalaqnakum azwaja

And did not We create you in pairs?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and create you in pairs?Ali Quli Qarai

And We created you in pairsSaheeh International

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا ۝٩

WajaAAalna nawmakum subata

And did not We make your sleep a means of restS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and make your sleep for rest?Ali Quli Qarai

And made your sleep [a means for] restSaheeh International

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا ۝١٠

WajaAAalna allayla libasa

and the night as a covering for privacy?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and make the night a covering?Ali Quli Qarai

And made the night as clothingSaheeh International

78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا ۝١١

WajaAAalna annaharamaAAasha

And did not We make the day as a time of seeking livelihood?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and make the day for livelihood?Ali Quli Qarai

And made the day for livelihoodSaheeh International

78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا ۝١٢

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidada

And did not We make seven mighty heavens above youS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and build above you the seven mighty heavens?Ali Quli Qarai

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]Saheeh International

78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا ۝١٣

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhaja

and the Sun as a shining lamp?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and make [the sun for] a radiant lamp?Ali Quli Qarai

And made [therein] a burning lampSaheeh International

78:14

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا ۝١٤

Waanzalna mina almuAAsiratimaan thajjaja

And did not We send down from the rain clouds pouring waterS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and send down water pouring from the rain-clouds,Ali Quli Qarai

And sent down from the rain clouds pouring waterSaheeh International

78:15

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا ۝١٥

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabata

so that We may thereby bring forth grains, herbs,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

that We may bring forth with it grains and plants,Ali Quli Qarai

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetationSaheeh International

78:16

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ۝١٦

Wajannatin alfafa

and condensed gardens?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and luxuriant gardens?Ali Quli Qarai

And gardens of entwined growth.Saheeh International

78:17

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا ۝١٧

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqata

Surely the Day of Judgement was a day fixed in the knowledge of God from day one.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed the Day of Judgement is the tryst,Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -Saheeh International

78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا ۝١٨

Yawma yunfakhu fee assoorifata/toona afwaja

It is the day when the trumpet shall be blown, and so you shall come forth in groups out of your graves;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

the day the Trumpet will be blown, and you will come in groups,Ali Quli Qarai

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

78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا ۝١٩

Wafutihati assamao fakanatabwaba

and the heavens shall be opened, and so it shall become like gates for the angels to descend to the final place of judgement.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and the sky will be opened and become gates,Ali Quli Qarai

And the heaven is opened and will become gatewaysSaheeh International

78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ۝٢٠

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanatsaraba

On that day, the mountains shall be moved and shatter into dust and become a mirage as if they were not there before.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and the mountains will be set moving and become a mirage.Ali Quli Qarai

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

78:21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا ۝٢١

Inna jahannama kanat mirsada

Surely, the Hell lies in waitS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed hell is in ambush,Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, Hell has been lying in waitSaheeh International

78:22

لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مََٔابًۭا ۝٢٢

Littagheena maaba

as a destination for the rebelsS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

a resort for the rebels,Ali Quli Qarai

For the transgressors, a place of return,Saheeh International

78:23

لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا ۝٢٣

Labitheena feeha ahqaba

in which they shall live for ages.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

to reside therein for ages,Ali Quli Qarai

In which they will remain for ages [unending].Saheeh International

78:24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا ۝٢٤

La yathooqoona feehabardan wala sharaba

They shall not taste in it any cool shadow nor refreshing drinkS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

tasting in it neither any coolness nor drink,Ali Quli Qarai

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

78:25

إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا ۝٢٥

Illa hameeman waghassaqa

except boiling water and pusS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

except boiling water and pus,Ali Quli Qarai

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -Saheeh International

78:26

جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا ۝٢٦

Jazaan wifaqa

—this is a very befitting recompense for the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

a fitting requital.Ali Quli Qarai

An appropriate recompense.Saheeh International

78:27

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا ۝٢٧

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaba

Indeed, they were not expecting the reckoningS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed they did not expect any reckoning,Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, they were not expecting an accountSaheeh International

78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا ۝٢٨

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatinakiththaba

and openly and stubbornly rejected Our verses.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and they denied Our signs mendaciously,Ali Quli Qarai

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.Saheeh International

78:29

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًۭا ۝٢٩

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaba

They didn’t realize that We have recorded everything they did in a book.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and We have figured everything in a Book.Ali Quli Qarai

But all things We have enumerated in writing.Saheeh International

78:30

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ۝٣٠

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illaAAathaba

And so it will be announced: “So taste the consequences of your deeds, for We shall not add for you anything but chastisement.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So [now] taste! We shall increase you in nothing but punishment!Ali Quli Qarai

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

78:31

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ۝٣١

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafaza

Indeed the righteous (who fear displeasing Allāh) shall have the ultimate achievement in the form of Paradise wherein they shall haveS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed a triumph awaits the Godwary:Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -Saheeh International

78:32

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًۭا ۝٣٢

Hada-iqa waaAAnaba

gardens and vineyards,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

gardens and vineyards,Ali Quli Qarai

Gardens and grapevinesSaheeh International

78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا ۝٣٣

WakawaAAiba atraba

and curvy women of the same age,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and buxom maidens of a like age,Ali Quli Qarai

And young women [companions] of equal age.Saheeh International

78:34

وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا ۝٣٤

Waka/san dihaqa

and a cup overflowing with a pure drink.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and brimming cups.Ali Quli Qarai

And a full cup.Saheeh International

78:35

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا ۝٣٥

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwanwala kiththaba

Therein, they shall not hear any vain word or lie.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Therein they shall hear neither vain talk nor liesAli Quli Qarai

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -Saheeh International

78:36

جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا ۝٣٦

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaba

This will be a reward from your Lord, a gift based on the just reckoning.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—a reward and a sufficing bounty from your Lord,Ali Quli Qarai

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

78:37

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا ۝٣٧

Rabbi assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma arrahmani layamlikoona minhu khitaba

Of course, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, He is the Beneficent God. Whatever He does is based on absolute power and mercy; they do not have the right to question Him about His judgement.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

the All-beneficent, the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. They will not be able to address HimAli Quli Qarai

[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.Saheeh International

78:38

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا ۝٣٨

Yawma yaqoomu arroohu walmala-ikatusaffan la yatakallamoona illa man athinalahu arrahmanu waqala sawaba

His power and majesty are overwhelming even on the day of judgement when the Spirit (the Arch-Angel) and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak or try to influence His decision except he whom the Beneficent God permits and who says the right thing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

on the day when the Spirit and the angels stand in an array: none shall speak except someone who is permitted by the All-beneficent and says what is rightful.Ali Quli Qarai

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.Saheeh International

78:39

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مََٔابًا ۝٣٩

Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaba

That day of judgement is a sure day: so whosoever wishes, he may take refuge with his Lord.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

That day is true for certain. So let anyone who wishes take resort with his Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

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

78:40

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ۝٤٠

Inna antharnakum AAathabanqareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamatyadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntuturaba

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! Wish that I had been dust!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed We have warned you of a punishment near at hand—the day when a person will observe what his hands have sent ahead and the faithless one will say, ‘I wish I were dust!’Ali Quli Qarai

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!"Saheeh International