Surah An-Naba

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ١

   78:1

   ʿamma yatasāalūna

   About what are they asking one another?

2. عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ٢

   78:2

   ʿani l-naba-i l-ʿaẓīmi

   About the great news -

3. ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ٣

   78:3

   alladhī hum fīhi mukh'talifūna

   That over which they are in disagreement.

4. كـَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ٤

   78:4

   kallā sayaʿlamūna

   No! They are going to know.

5. ثُمَّ كـَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ٥

   78:5

   thumma kallā sayaʿlamūna

   Then, no! They are going to know.

6. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا٦

   78:6

   alam najʿali l-arḍa mihādan

   Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7. وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا٧

   78:7

   wal-jibāla awtādan

   And the mountains as stakes?

8. وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا٨

   78:8

   wakhalaqnākum azwājan

   And We created you in pairs.

9. وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا٩

   78:9

   wajaʿalnā nawmakum subātan

   And made your sleep [a means for] rest

10. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا١٠

    78:10

    wajaʿalnā al-layla libāsan

    And made the night as clothing.

11. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا١١

    78:11

    wajaʿalnā l-nahāra maʿāshan

    And made the day for livelihood.

12. وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا١٢

    78:12

    wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādan

    And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].

13. وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا١٣

    78:13

    wajaʿalnā sirājan wahhājan

    And made [therein] a burning lamp

14. وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا١٤

    78:14

    wa-anzalnā mina l-muʿ'ṣirāti māan thajjājan

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

15. لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا١٥

    78:15

    linukh'rija bihi ḥabban wanabātan

    That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.

16. وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا١٦

    78:16

    wajannātin alfāfan

    And gardens of entwined growth.

17. إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا١٧

    78:17

    inna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātan

    Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

18. يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا١٨

    78:18

    yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri fatatūna afwājan

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

19. وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا١٩

    78:19

    wafutiḥati l-samāu fakānat abwāban

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.

20. وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا٢٠

    78:20

    wasuyyirati l-jibālu fakānat sarāban

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

21. إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا٢١

    78:21

    inna jahannama kānat mir'ṣādan

    Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

22. لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا٢٢

    78:22

    lilṭṭāghīna maāban

    For the transgressors, a place of return,

23. لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا٢٣

    78:23

    lābithīna fīhā aḥqāban

    In which they will remain for ages [unending].

24. لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا٢٤

    78:24

    lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan walā sharāban

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

25. إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا٢٥

    78:25

    illā ḥamīman waghassāqan

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

26. جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا٢٦

    78:26

    jazāan wifāqan

    An appropriate recompense.

27. إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا٢٧

    78:27

    innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisāban

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

28. وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا٢٨

    78:28

    wakadhabū biāyātinā kidhāban

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29. وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا٢٩

    78:29

    wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu kitāban

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

30. فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا٣٠

    78:30

    fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhāban

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

31. إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا٣١

    78:31

    inna lil'muttaqīna mafāzan

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

32. حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا٣٢

    78:32

    ḥadāiqa wa-aʿnāban

    Gardens and grapevines.

33. وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا٣٣

    78:33

    wakawāʿiba atrāban

    And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.

34. وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا٣٤

    78:34

    wakasan dihāqan

    And a full cup.

35. لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّٰبٗا٣٥

    78:35

    lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā kidhāban

    No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

36. جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا٣٦

    78:36

    jazāan min rabbika ʿaṭāan ḥisāban

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

37. رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا٣٧

    78:37

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

    [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.

38. يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا٣٨

    78:38

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

    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.

39. ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا٣٩

    78:39

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

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

40. إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابٗا قَرِيبٗا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا٤٠

    78:40

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

    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!"