The Announcement

78 - An-Naba

سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ

  • 78:1
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    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

    Of what ask they?

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    عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

    Of the mighty Announcement,

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    الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

    Concerning which they differ.

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    كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

    By no means! anon they shall know.

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    ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

    Again, by no means! anon they shall know.

  • 78:6
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    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

    Have We not made the earth an expanse.

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    وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

    And the mountains as stakes?

  • 78:8
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    وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

    And We have created you in pairs.

  • 78:9
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    وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

    And We have made your sleep as a rest.

  • 78:10
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    وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

    And We have made the night a covering.

  • 78:11
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    وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

    And We have made the day for seeking livelihood.

  • 78:12
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    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

    And We have builded over you seven strong heavens.

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    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

    And We have set therein lamps glowing.

  • 78:14
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    وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

    And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous.

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    لِنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

    So that We bring forth thereby corn and vegetation.

  • 78:16
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    وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

    And gardens thick with trees.

  • 78:17
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    إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

    Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed.

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    يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

    It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes.

  • 78:19
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    وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

    And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors.

  • 78:20
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    وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

    And the mountains will have been removed away, and they will have become as mirage.

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    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

    Verily the Hell is an ambuscade:

  • 78:22
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    لِلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

    For the exorbitant a receptacle.

  • 78:23
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    لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

    They will tarry therein for ages.

  • 78:24
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    لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

    They will not taste therein cool or any drink.

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    إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

    Save scalding water and corruption.

  • 78:26
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    جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

    Recompense fitted!

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    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

    Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning.

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    وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

    And they belied Our revelations with strong belying.

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    وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

    And everything We have recorded in a book.

  • 78:30
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    فَذُوقُوا فَلَنْ نَزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment.

  • 78:31
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    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

    Verily for the God-fearing is an achievement.

  • 78:32
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    حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

    Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

  • 78:33
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    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

    And full-breasted maidens of equal age.

  • 78:34
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    وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

    And a cup overflowing.

  • 78:35
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    لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

    They will hear therein no babble nor falsehood:

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    جَزَاءً مِنْ رَبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

    A recompense from thy Lord-a gift sufficient -

  • 78:37
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    رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

    From the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of whatsoever is in bet-ween them, the Compassionate with Whom they can demand not audience.

  • 78:38
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    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

    On the Day whereon the spirits and the angels will stand arrayed, they will not be able to speak save him whom the Compassionate giveth leave and who speaketh aright.

  • 78:39
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    ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا

    That is the Sure Day. Whosoever therefore willeth, let him betake Unto his Lord a resort.

  • 78:40
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    إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا

    Verily We! We have warned you of a torment nigh at hand, a Day whereon a man shall behold that which his hands have sent forth, and the infidel will say: would that I were dust!