Surah An-Naba (The Tidings)

Verses

1. عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

   Whereof do they question one another

   78:1

2. عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

   (It is) of the awful tidings

   78:2

3. ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ

   Concerning which they are in disagreement

   78:3

4. كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ

   Nay, but they will come to know

   78:4

5. ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ

   Nay, again, but they will come to know

   78:5

6. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا

   Have We not made the earth an expanse

   78:6

7. وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا

   And the high hills bulwarks

   78:7

8. وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا

   And We have created you in pairs

   78:8

9. وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا

   And have appointed your sleep for repose

   78:9

10. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا

    And have appointed the night as a cloak

    78:10

11. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا

    And have appointed the day for livelihood

    78:11

12. وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا

    And We have built above you seven strong (heavens)

    78:12

13. وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا

    And have appointed a dazzling lamp

    78:13

14. وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا

    And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water

    78:14

15. لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا

    Thereby to produce grain and plant

    78:15

16. وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا

    And gardens of thick foliage

    78:16

17. إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا

    Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time

    78:17

18. يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا

    A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes

    78:18

19. وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا

    And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates

    78:19

20. وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا

    And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage

    78:20

21. إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا

    Lo! hell lurketh in ambush

    78:21

22. لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا

    A home for the rebellious

    78:22

23. لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا

    They will abide therein for ages

    78:23

24. لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا

    Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

    78:24

25. إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا

    Save boiling water and a paralysing cold

    78:25

26. جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا

    Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds)

    78:26

27. إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا

    For lo! they looked not for a reckoning

    78:27

28. وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا

    They called Our revelations false with strong denial

    78:28

29. وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا

    Everything have We recorded in a Book

    78:29

30. فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment

    78:30

31. إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

    Lo! for the duteous is achievement

    78:31

32. حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا

    Gardens enclosed and vineyards

    78:32

33. وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا

    And voluptuous women of equal age

    78:33

34. وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا

    And a full cup

    78:34

35. لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّـٰبٗا

    There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying

    78:35

36. جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا

    Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment

    78:36

37. رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا

    Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse

    78:37

38. يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا

    On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right

    78:38

39. ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

    That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord

    78:39

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

    Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust

    78:40