Surah An-Naba النبإ

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١

'Amma yatasā'alūn

About what are they asking one another?

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢

'Anin-naba'il-'azīm

About the great news¹⁸²¹ -

ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ ٣

Alladhī hum fīhi mukhtalifūn

That over which they are in disagreement.

كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

Kallā saya'lamūn

No! They are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ ٥

Thumma kallā saya'lamūn

Then, no! They are going to know.

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا ٦

Alam naj'alil-arda mihādā

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا ٧

Wal-jibāla awtādā

And the mountains as stakes?¹⁸²²

وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ٨

Wakhalaqnākum azwājā

And We created you in pairs

وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا ٩

Waja'alnā nawmakum subātā

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا ١٠

Waja'alnal-layla libāsā

And made the night as clothing¹⁸²³

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا ١١

Waja'alnan-nahāra ma'āshā

And made the day for livelihood

وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا ١٢

Wabanaynā fawqakum sab'an shidādā

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا ١٣

Waja'alnā sirājan wahhājā

And made [therein] a burning lamp

وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا ١٤

Wa anzalnā minal-mu'sirāti mā'an thajjājā

And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا ١٥

Llinukhrija bihī habban wanabātā

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا ١٦

Wajannātin alfāfā

And gardens of entwined growth.

إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا ١٧

Inna yawmal-fasli kāna mīqātā

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا ١٨

Yawma yunfakhu fis-sūri fata'tūna afwājā

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

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا ١٩

Wafutihatis-samā'u fakānat abwābā

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا ٢٠

Wasuyyiratil-jibālu fakānat sarābā

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

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا ٢١

Inna jahannama kānat mirsādā

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا ٢٢

Llit-tāghīna ma'ābā

For the transgressors, a place of return,

لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا ٢٣

Llābithīna fīhā ahqābā

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا ٢٤

Llā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan walā sharābā

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

إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا ٢٥

Illā hamīman waghassāqā

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا ٢٦

Jazā'an wifāqā

An appropriate recompense.¹⁸²⁴

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا ٢٧

Innahum kānū lā yarjūna hisābā

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا ٢٨

Wakaddhabū bi'āyātinā kiddhābā

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا ٢٩

Wakulla shay'in ahsaynāhu kitābā

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ٣٠

Fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā 'adhābā

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."¹⁸²⁵

إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ٣١

Inna lil-muttaqīna mafāzā

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment¹⁸²⁶ -

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا ٣٢

Hadā'iqa wa a'nābā

Gardens and grapevines

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا ٣٣

Wakawā'iba atrābā

And young women [companions] of equal age.

وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا ٣٤

Waka'san dihāqā

And a full cup.¹⁸²⁷

لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّٰبٗا ٣٥

Llā yasma'ūna fīhā laghwan walā kiddhābā

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا ٣٦

Jazā'am mir rabbika 'atā'an hisābā

[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,¹⁸²⁸

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا ٣٧

Rrabbis-samāwāti wal-ardi wamā baynahumar-rahmāni lā yamlikūna minhu khitābā

[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.¹⁸²⁹

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا ٣٨

Yawma yaqūmur-rūhu wal-malā'ikatu saffal lā yatakallamūna illā man adhina lahur-rahmānu waqāla sawābā

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.

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ٣٩

Dhālikal-yawmul-haqqu faman shā'at-takhadha ilā rabbihī ma'ābā

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.¹⁸³⁰

إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابٗا قَرِيبٗا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا ٤٠

Innā andharnākum 'adhāban qarīban yawma yanzurul-mar'u mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlul-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turābā

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth¹⁸³¹ and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"