The Tidings
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
AAamma yatasaaloon
What are they asking (one another) about?
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
AAani annaba-i alAAatheem
About the great news, (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism, the Qur’ân, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoon
About which they are in disagreement.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla sayaAAlamoon
Nay, they will come to know!
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoon
Nay, again, they will come to know!
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا
Alam najAAali al-arda mihada
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Waljibala awtada
And the mountains as pegs?
وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
Wakhalaqnakum azwaja
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
WajaAAalna nawmakum subata
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
WajaAAalna allayla libasa
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
WajaAAalna annaharamaAAasha
And We have made the day for livelihood.
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidada
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhaja
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Waanzalna mina almuAAsiratimaan thajjaja
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabata
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Wajannatin alfafa
And gardens of thick growth.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqata
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Yawma yunfakhu fee assoorifata/toona afwaja
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
Wafutihati assamao fakanatabwaba
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanatsaraba
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Inna jahannama kanat mirsada
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
Littagheena maaba
A dwelling place for the Tâghûn (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allâh like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Labitheena feeha ahqaba
They will abide therein for ages.
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
La yathooqoona feehabardan wala sharaba
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Illa hameeman waghassaqa
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Jazaan wifaqa
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaba
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Wakaththaboo bi-ayatinakiththaba
But they belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا
Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaba
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illaAAathaba
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafaza
Verily, for the Muttaqûn,1 there will be a success (Paradise);
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا
Hada-iqa waaAAnaba
Gardens and vineyards,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
WakawaAAiba atraba
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
Waka/san dihaqa
And a full cup (of wine).
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwanwala kiththaba
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaba
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),1
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Rabbi assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma arrahmani layamlikoona minhu khitaba
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
Yawma yaqoomu arroohu walmala-ikatusaffan la yatakallamoona illa man athinalahu arrahmanu waqala sawaba
The Day that Ar-Rûh [Jibrîl (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allâh) allows, and he will speak what is right.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu famanshaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaba
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)!
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
Inna antharnakum AAathabanqareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamatyadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntuturaba
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!"