An-Naba

سورة النبأ

Surah 78 · Meccan · 40 verses

78:1Juz 30 · p. 582

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ1

(1) About what are they asking one another?
78:2Juz 30 · p. 582

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ2

(2) About the great news[1821] -
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[1821]- i.e., the Resurrection.
78:3Juz 30 · p. 582

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ3

(3) That over which they are in disagreement.
78:4Juz 30 · p. 582

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ4

(4) No! They are going to know.
78:5Juz 30 · p. 582

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ5

(5) Then, no! They are going to know.
78:6Juz 30 · p. 582

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا6

(6) Have We not made the earth a resting place?
78:7Juz 30 · p. 582

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا7

(7) And the mountains as stakes?[1822]
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[1822]- To stabilize the land and balance the earth.
78:8Juz 30 · p. 582

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا8

(8) And We created you in pairs.
78:9Juz 30 · p. 582

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا9

(9) And made your sleep [a means for] rest
78:10Juz 30 · p. 582

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا10

(10) And made the night as clothing[1823].
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[1823]- Covering you in darkness and providing rest.
78:11Juz 30 · p. 582

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا11

(11) And made the day for livelihood.
78:12Juz 30 · p. 582

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا12

(12) And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].
78:13Juz 30 · p. 582

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا13

(13) And made [therein] a burning lamp
78:14Juz 30 · p. 582

وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا14

(14) And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water.
78:15Juz 30 · p. 582

لِنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا15

(15) That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.
78:16Juz 30 · p. 582

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا16

(16) And gardens of entwined growth.
78:17Juz 30 · p. 582

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا17

(17) Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
78:18Juz 30 · p. 582

يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا18

(18) The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
78:19Juz 30 · p. 582

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا19

(19) And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.
78:20Juz 30 · p. 582

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا20

(20) And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
78:21Juz 30 · p. 582

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا21

(21) Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
78:22Juz 30 · p. 582

لِلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا22

(22) For the transgressors, a place of return,
78:23Juz 30 · p. 582

لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا23

(23) In which they will remain for ages [unending].
78:24Juz 30 · p. 582

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا24

(24) They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.
78:25Juz 30 · p. 582

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا25

(25) Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
78:26Juz 30 · p. 582

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا26

(26) An appropriate recompense.[1824]
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[1824]- In proportion to and comparable with their crimes.
78:27Juz 30 · p. 582

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا27

(27) Indeed, they were not expecting an account
78:28Juz 30 · p. 582

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا28

(28) And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
78:29Juz 30 · p. 582

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا29

(29) But all things We have enumerated in writing.
78:30Juz 30 · p. 582

فَذُوقُوا فَلَنْ نَزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا30

(30) "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."[1825]
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[1825]- This announcement will be made to the companions of Hell.
78:31Juz 30 · p. 583

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا31

(31) Indeed, for the righteous is attainment[1826] -
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[1826]- Of security, success and reward, including escape and safety from Hell.
78:32Juz 30 · p. 583

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا32

(32) Gardens and grapevines.
78:33Juz 30 · p. 583

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا33

(33) And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.
78:34Juz 30 · p. 583

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا34

(34) And a full cup.[1827]
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[1827]- Of wine which is delicious and does not intoxicate.
78:35Juz 30 · p. 583

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا35

(35) No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
78:36Juz 30 · p. 583

جَزَاءً مِنْ رَبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا36

(36) [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,[1828]
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[1828]- i.e., as a result of both their own righteous deeds and the limitless generosity of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā). Another meaning is "a gift calculated [to be adequate]."
78:37Juz 30 · p. 583

رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا37

(37) [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]
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[1829]- None of Allāh's creatures can plead with Him on the Day of Judgement except by His permission.
78:38Juz 30 · p. 583

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا38

(38) 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.
78:39Juz 30 · p. 583

ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا39

(39) That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.[1830]
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[1830]- i.e., a direct route through correct beliefs and righteous deeds.
78:40Juz 30 · p. 583

إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا40

(40) Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth[1831] and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
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[1831]- i.e., the deeds he did in this world, which await him in the Hereafter.

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