Surah An-Naba'

Bismillahi 'r-rahmani 'r-raheem

1. AAamma yatasaaloona
What are they asking (one another)?

2. AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi
About the great news, (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism, the Qur'ân, which Prophet Muhammad brought and the Day of Resurrection, etc.)

3. Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
About which they are in disagreement.

4. Kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, they will come to know!

5. Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
Nay, again, they will come to know!

6. Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan
Have We not made the earth as a bed,

7. Waaljibala awtadan
And the mountains as pegs?

8. Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

9. WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
And have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

10. WajaAAalna allayla libasan
And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

11. WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
And have made the day for livelihood.

12. Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens)

13. WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun).

14. Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

15. Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

16. Wajannatin alfafan
And gardens of thick growth.

17. Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

18. Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata'toona afwajan
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups);

19. Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,

20. Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

21. Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush,

22. Lilttagheena maaban
A dwelling place for the Tâghûn (those who transgress the boundry limits set by Allâh like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals, etc.),

23. Labitheena feeha ahqaban
They will abide therein for ages,

24. La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.

25. Illa hameeman waghassaqan
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges.

26. Jazaan wifaqan
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

27. Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

28. Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban
But they belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet (Peace be upon him) brought) completely.

29. Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban
And all things We have recorded in a Book.

30. Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment.

31. Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
Verily, for the Muttaqûn, there will be a success (Paradise);

32. Hada-iqa waaAAnaban
Gardens and grapeyards;

33. WakawaAAiba atraban
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age;

34. Waka'san dihaqan
And a full cup (of wine).

35. La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

36. Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds).

37. Rabbi alssamawati waal-ardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Beneficent, none can dare to speak with Him (on the Day of Resurrection except after His Leave).

38. Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmala-ikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban
The Day that Ar-Rûh [Jibrael (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, none shall speak except him whom the Most Beneficent (Allâh) allows, and he will speak what is right.

39. Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban
That is without doubt the True Day, so, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!

40. Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
Verily, We have warned you of a near torment, the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"

from The Holy Quran