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78 An-Naba' ٱلنَّبَأ

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
78:1 عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
78:1
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Of what do they question one another?
78:2 عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
78:2
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Of the mighty tiding
78:3 ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
78:3
A. J. Arberry (English) :
whereon they are at variance.
78:4 كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
78:4
A. J. Arberry (English) :
No indeed; they shall soon know!
78:5 ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
78:5
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Again, no indeed; they shall soon know!
78:6 أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا
78:6
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Have We not made the earth as a cradle
78:7 وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
78:7
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and the mountains as pegs?
78:8 وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
78:8
A. J. Arberry (English) :
And We created you in pairs,
78:9 وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
78:9
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and We appointed your sleep for a rest;
78:10 وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
78:10
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and We appointed night for a garment,
78:11 وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
78:11
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and We appointed day for a livelihood.
78:12 وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
78:12
A. J. Arberry (English) :
And We have built above you seven strong ones,
78:13 وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
78:13
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and We appointed a blazing lamp
78:14 وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
78:14
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading
78:15 لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
78:15
A. J. Arberry (English) :
that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants,
78:16 وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
78:16
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and gardens luxuriant.
78:17 إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا
78:17
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time,
78:18 يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
78:18
A. J. Arberry (English) :
the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops,
78:19 وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
78:19
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and heaven is opened, and become gates,
78:20 وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
78:20
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour.
78:21 إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
78:21
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush,
78:22 لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
78:22
A. J. Arberry (English) :
for the insolent a resort,
78:23 لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
78:23
A. J. Arberry (English) :
therein to tarry for ages,
78:24 لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
78:24
A. J. Arberry (English) :
tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink
78:25 إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
78:25
A. J. Arberry (English) :
save boiling water and pus
78:26 جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
78:26
A. J. Arberry (English) :
for a suitable recompense.
78:27 إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
78:27
A. J. Arberry (English) :
They indeed hoped not for a reckoning,
78:28 وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
78:28
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and they cried loud lies to Our signs;
78:29 وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا
78:29
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and everything We have numbered in a Book.
78:30 فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
78:30
A. J. Arberry (English) :
'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.'
78:31 إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
78:31
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely for the godfearing awaits a place of security,
78:32 حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا
78:32
A. J. Arberry (English) :
gardens and vineyards
78:33 وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
78:33
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and maidens with swelling breasts, like of age,
78:34 وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
78:34
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and a cup overflowing.
78:35 لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
78:35
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cry of lies,
78:36 جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
78:36
A. J. Arberry (English) :
for a recompense from thy Lord, a gift, a reckoning,
78:37 رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
78:37
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Lord of the heavens and earth, and all that between them is, the All-merciful of whom they have no power to speak.
78:38 يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
78:38
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Upon the day when the Spirit and the angels stand in ranks they shall speak not, save him to whom the All-merciful has given leave, and who speaks aright.
78:39 ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
78:39
A. J. Arberry (English) :
That is the true day; so whosoever wills takes unto his Lord a resort.
78:40 إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
78:40
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Lo, We have warned you of a nigh chastisement, upon the day when a man shall behold what his hands have forwarded, and the unbeliever shall say, 'O would that I were dust!'