78. An-Naba سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ

Yusuf AliConcerning what are they disputing

Saheeh InternationalAbout what are they asking one another

Yusuf AliConcerning the Great News

Saheeh InternationalAbout the great news

Yusuf AliAbout which they cannot agree

Saheeh InternationalThat over which they are in disagreement

Yusuf AliVerily, they shall soon (come to) know

Saheeh InternationalNo! They are going to know

Yusuf AliVerily, verily they shall soon (come to) know

Saheeh InternationalThen, no! They are going to know

Yusuf AliHave We not made the earth as a wide expanse

Saheeh InternationalHave We not made the earth a resting place

Yusuf AliAnd the mountains as pegs

Saheeh InternationalAnd the mountains as stakes

Yusuf AliAnd (have We not) created you in pairs

Saheeh InternationalAnd We created you in pairs

Yusuf AliAnd made your sleep for rest

Saheeh InternationalAnd made your sleep [a means for] rest

Yusuf AliAnd made the night as a covering

Saheeh InternationalAnd made the night as clothing

Yusuf AliAnd made the day as a means of subsistence

Saheeh InternationalAnd made the day for livelihood

Yusuf AliAnd (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments

Saheeh InternationalAnd constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

Yusuf AliAnd placed (therein) a Light of Splendour

Saheeh InternationalAnd made [therein] a burning lamp

Yusuf AliAnd do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance

Saheeh InternationalAnd sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water

Yusuf AliThat We may produce therewith corn and vegetables

Saheeh InternationalThat We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

Yusuf AliAnd gardens of luxurious growth

Saheeh InternationalAnd gardens of entwined growth

Yusuf AliVerily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time

Yusuf AliThe Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds

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

Yusuf AliAnd the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors

Saheeh InternationalAnd the heaven is opened and will become gateways

Yusuf AliAnd the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage

Saheeh InternationalAnd the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage

Yusuf AliTruly Hell is as a place of ambush

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, Hell has been lying in wait

Yusuf AliFor the transgressors a place of destination

Saheeh InternationalFor the transgressors, a place of return

Yusuf AliThey will dwell therein for ages

Saheeh InternationalIn which they will remain for ages [unending]

Yusuf AliNothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink

Saheeh InternationalThey will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink

Yusuf AliSave a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold

Saheeh InternationalExcept scalding water and [foul] purulence

Yusuf AliA fitting recompense (for them)

Saheeh InternationalAn appropriate recompense

Yusuf AliFor that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds)

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, they were not expecting an account

Yusuf AliBut they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false

Saheeh InternationalAnd denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial

Yusuf AliAnd all things have We preserved on record

Saheeh InternationalBut all things We have enumerated in writing

Yusuf AliSo taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment

Saheeh InternationalSo taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment

Yusuf AliVerily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, for the righteous is attainment

Yusuf AliGardens enclosed, and grapevines

Saheeh InternationalGardens and grapevines

Yusuf AliCompanions of equal age

Saheeh InternationalAnd full-breasted [companions] of equal age

Yusuf AliAnd a cup full (to the brim)

Saheeh InternationalAnd a full cup

Yusuf AliNo vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth

Saheeh InternationalNo ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood

Yusuf AliRecompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient

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

Yusuf Ali(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (God) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him

Saheeh International[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

Yusuf AliThe Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (God) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right

Saheeh InternationalThe Day that the Spirit 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

Yusuf AliThat Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord

Saheeh InternationalThat is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return

Yusuf AliVerily, 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

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, We have warned you of a near 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