An-Naba'

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١

ʿAmma yatasāʾalūn.

About what are they asking one another?

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢

ʿAnin-nabaʾil-ʿaẓīm.

About the great news¹ -

ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ ٣

Al-ladhī hum fīhi mukhtalifūn.

That over which they are in disagreement.

كـَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

Kallā sayaʿlamūn.

No! They are going to know.

ثُمَّ كـَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ ٥

Thumma kallā sayaʿlamūn.

Then, no! They are going to know.

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا ٦

Alam najʿalil-arḍa mihādā.

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا ٧

Wal-jibāla awtādā.

And the mountains as stakes?¹

وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ٨

Wa khalaqnākum azwājā.

And We created you in pairs

وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا ٩

Wa jaʿalnā nawmakum subātā.

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا ١٠

Wa jaʿalnal-layla libāsā.

And made the night as clothing¹

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا ١١

Wa jaʿalnan-nahāra maʿāshā.

And made the day for livelihood

وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا ١٢

Wa banaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādā.

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا ١٣

Wa jaʿalnā sirājaw wahhājā.

And made [therein] a burning lamp

وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا ١٤

Wa anzalnā minal-muʿṣirāti māʾan thajjājā.

And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا ١٥

Linukhrija bihī ḥabbaw wa nabātā.

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا ١٦

Wa jannātin alfāfā.

And gardens of entwined growth.

إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا ١٧

Inna yawmal-faṣli kāna mīqātā.

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا ١٨

Yawma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣūri fataʾtūna afwājā.

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

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا ١٩

Wa futiḥatis-samāʾu fakānat abwābā.

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا ٢٠

Wa suyyiratil-jibālu fakānat sarābā.

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

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا ٢١

Inna jahannama kānat mirṣādā.

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا ٢٢

Liṭ-ṭāghīna maʾābā.

For the transgressors, a place of return,

لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا ٢٣

Lābithīna fīhā aḥqābā.

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا ٢٤

Lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardaw wa lā sharābā.

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

إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا ٢٥

Illā ḥamīmaw wa ghassāqā.

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا ٢٦

Jazāʾaw wifāqā.

An appropriate recompense.¹

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا ٢٧

Innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisābā.

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا ٢٨

Wa kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā kidhdhābā.

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا ٢٩

Wa kulla shayʾin aḥṣaynāhu kitābā.

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ٣٠

Fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhābā.

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."¹

إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ٣١

Inna lil-muttaqīna mafāzā.

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment¹ -

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا ٣٢

Ḥadāʾiqa wa aʿnābā.

Gardens and grapevines

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا ٣٣

Wa kawāʿiba atrābā.

And young women [companions] of equal age.

وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا ٣٤

Wa kaʾsan dihāqā.

And a full cup.¹

لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّٰبٗا ٣٥

Lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwaw wa lā kidhdhābā.

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا ٣٦

Jazāʾam mir rabbika ʿaṭāʾan ḥisābā.

[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,¹

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا ٣٧

Rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumar-raḥmān, lā yamlikūna minhu 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.¹

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا ٣٨

Yawma yaqūmur-rūḥu wal-malāʾikatu ṣaffā, lā yatakallamūna illā man adhina lahur-raḥmānu wa qāla 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 ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ٣٩

Dhālikal-yawmul-ḥaqq, faman shāʾattakhadha ilā rabbihī maʾābā.

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.¹

إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابٗا قَرِيبٗا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا ٤٠

Innā andharnākum ʿadhāban qarībay yawma yanẓurul-marʾu mā qaddamat yadāhu wa yaqūlul-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 forth¹ and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"