An-Naba

What are they asking about?

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

ʿamma yatasāalūna

The momentous announcement

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

ʿani l-naba-i l-ʿaẓīmi

about which they differ.

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

alladhī hum fīhi mukh'talifūna

They will find out.

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

kallā sayaʿlamūna

In the end they will find out.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

thumma kallā sayaʿlamūna

Did We not make the earth smooth,

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

alam najʿali l-arḍa mihādan

and make the mountains to keep it stable?

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

wal-jibāla awtādan

Did We not create you in pairs,

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

wakhalaqnākum azwājan

give you sleep for rest,

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

wajaʿalnā nawmakum subātan

the night as a cover,

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

wajaʿalnā al-layla libāsan

and the day for your livelihood?

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

wajaʿalnā l-nahāra maʿāshan

Did We not build seven strong [heavens] above you,

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādan

and make a blazing lamp?

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

wajaʿalnā sirājan wahhājan

Did We not send water pouring down from the clouds

وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

wa-anzalnā mina l-muʿ'ṣirāti māan thajjājan

to bring forth with it grain, plants,

لِنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

linukh'rija bihi ḥabban wanabātan

and luxuriant gardens?

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

wajannātin alfāfan

A time has been appointed for the Day of Decision:

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

inna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātan

a Day when the Trumpet will sound and you will come forward in crowds,

يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri fatatūna afwājan

when the sky will open up like wide portals,

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

wafutiḥati l-samāu fakānat abwāban

when the mountains will vanish like a mirage.

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

wasuyyirati l-jibālu fakānat sarāban

Hell lies in wait,

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

inna jahannama kānat mir'ṣādan

a home for oppressors

لِلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

lilṭṭāghīna maāban

to stay in for a long, long time,

لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

lābithīna fīhā aḥqāban

where they will taste no coolness nor drink

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan walā sharāban

except one that is scalding and dark––

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

illā ḥamīman waghassāqan

a fitting requital,

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

jazāan wifāqan

for they did not fear a reckoning,

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisāban

and they rejected Our messages as lies.

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

wakadhabū biāyātinā kidhāban

We have recorded everything in a Record.

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu kitāban

‘Taste this: all you will get from Us is more torment.’

فَذُوقُوا فَلَنْ نَزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhāban

For those who were aware of God there is supreme fulfilment:

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

inna lil'muttaqīna mafāzan

private gardens, vineyards,

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

ḥadāiqa wa-aʿnāban

nubile, well-matched companions,

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

wakawāʿiba atrāban

and an overflowing cup.

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

wakasan dihāqan

There they will hear no vain or lying talk:

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā kidhāban

a reward from your Lord, a fitting gift

جَزَاءً مِنْ رَبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

jazāan min rabbika ʿaṭāan ḥisāban

from the Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between, the Lord of Mercy. They will have no authority from Him to speak.

رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-raḥmāni lā yamlikūna min'hu khiṭāban

On the Day when the Spirit and the angels stand in rows, they will not speak except for those to whom the Lord of Mercy gives permission, who will say only what is right.

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

yawma yaqūmu l-rūḥu wal-malāikatu ṣaffan lā yatakallamūna illā man adhina lahu l-raḥmānu waqāla ṣawāban

That is the Day of Truth. So whoever wishes to do so should take the path that leads to his Lord.

ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا

dhālika l-yawmu l-ḥaqu faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi maāban

We have warned you of imminent torment, on the Day when every person will see what their own hands have sent ahead for them, when the disbeliever will say, ‘If only I were dust!’

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

innā andharnākum ʿadhāban qarīban yawma yanẓuru l-maru mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlu l-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turāban