Surah An-Naba · The Tidings

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝١

ʿamma yatasāalūn

About what are they asking one another?

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٢

ʿani l-naba-i l-ʿaẓīm

About the great news -

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ۝٣

alladhī hum fīhi mukh'talifūn

That over which they are in disagreement.

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤

kallā sayaʿlamūn

No! They are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ۝٥

thumma kallā sayaʿlamūn

Then, no! They are going to know.

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا ۝٦

alam najʿali l-arḍa mihādā

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ۝٧

wal-jibāla awtādā

And the mountains as stakes?

وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ۝٨

wakhalaqnākum azwājā

And We created you in pairs.

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا ۝٩

wajaʿalnā nawmakum subātā

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا ۝١٠

wajaʿalnā al-layla libāsā

And made the night as clothing.

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا ۝١١

wajaʿalnā l-nahāra maʿāshā

And made the day for livelihood.

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا ۝١٢

wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādā

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا ۝١٣

wajaʿalnā sirājan wahhājā

And made [therein] a burning lamp

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا ۝١٤

wa-anzalnā mina l-muʿ'ṣirāti māan thajjājā

And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water.

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا ۝١٥

linukh'rija bihi ḥabban wanabātā

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.

وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ۝١٦

wajannātin alfāfā

And gardens of entwined growth.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا ۝١٧

inna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātā

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا ۝١٨

yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri fatatūna afwājā

The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا ۝١٩

wafutiḥati l-samāu fakānat abwābā

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ۝٢٠

wasuyyirati l-jibālu fakānat sarābā

And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا ۝٢١

inna jahannama kānat mir'ṣādā

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا ۝٢٢

lilṭṭāghīna maābā

For the transgressors, a place of return,

لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا ۝٢٣

lābithīna fīhā aḥqābā

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا ۝٢٤

lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan walā sharābā

They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا ۝٢٥

illā ḥamīman waghassāqā

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا ۝٢٦

jazāan wifāqā

An appropriate recompense.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا ۝٢٧

innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisābā

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا ۝٢٨

wakadhabū biāyātinā kidhābā

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا ۝٢٩

wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu kitābā

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ۝٣٠

fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhābā

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ۝٣١

inna lil'muttaqīna mafāzā

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا ۝٣٢

ḥadāiqa wa-aʿnābā

Gardens and grapevines.

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا ۝٣٣

wakawāʿiba atrābā

And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا ۝٣٤

wakasan dihāqā

And a full cup.

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا ۝٣٥

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā kidhābā

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا ۝٣٦

jazāan min rabbika ʿaṭāan ḥisābā

[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا ۝٣٧

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

[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.

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا ۝٣٨

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

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.

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ۝٣٩

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

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ۝٤٠

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

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"