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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
Transliteration
Wahiduddin Khan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
78:1
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
78:1
Whereof do they question one another? - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:2
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
78:2
(It is) of the awful tidings, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:3
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
78:3
Concerning which they are in disagreement. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:4
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
78:4
Nay, but they will come to know! - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:5
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
78:5
Nay, again, but they will come to know! - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:6
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا
78:6
Have We not made the earth an expanse, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:7
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
78:7
And the high hills bulwarks? - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:8
وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
78:8
And We have created you in pairs, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:9
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
78:9
And have appointed your sleep for repose, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:10
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
78:10
And have appointed the night as a cloak, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:11
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
78:11
And have appointed the day for livelihood. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:12
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
78:12
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:13
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
78:13
And have appointed a dazzling lamp, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:14
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
78:14
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:15
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
78:15
Thereby to produce grain and plant, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:16
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
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And gardens of thick foliage. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:17
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا
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Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:18
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
78:18
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:19
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
78:19
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:20
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
78:20
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:21
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
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Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:22
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
78:22
A home for the rebellious. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:23
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
78:23
They will abide therein for ages. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:24
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
78:24
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:25
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
78:25
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:26
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
78:26
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:27
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
78:27
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:28
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
78:28
They called Our revelations false with strong denial. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:29
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا
78:29
Everything have We recorded in a Book. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:30
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
78:30
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:31
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
78:31
Lo! for the duteous is achievement - - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:32
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا
78:32
Gardens enclosed and vineyards, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:33
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
78:33
And voluptuous women of equal age; - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:34
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
78:34
And a full cup. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:35
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
78:35
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying - - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:36
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
78:36
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment - - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:37
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
78:37
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:38
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
78:38
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:39
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
78:39
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
78:40
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
78:40
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!" - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)