Surah An-Naba' — The Tidings

عَمَّ يَتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَۚ

‘Amma yatasā'alūn(a).

About what are they asking one another?

عَنِ النَّبَاِ الْعَظِيْمِۙ

‘Anin naba'il-‘aẓīm(i).

About the great news -

الَّذِيْ هُمْ فِيْهِ مُخْتَلِفُوْنَۗ

Allażī hum fīhi mukhtalifūn(a).

That over which they are in disagreement.

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُوْنَۙ

Kallā saya‘lamūn(a).

No! They are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُوْنَ

Ṡumma kallā saya‘lamūn(a).

Then, no! They are going to know.

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ مِهٰدًاۙ

Alam naj‘alil-arḍa mihādā(n).

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

وَّالْجِبَالَ اَوْتَادًاۖ

Wal-jibāla autādā(n).

And the mountains as stakes?

وَّخَلَقْنٰكُمْ اَزْوَاجًاۙ

Wa khalaqnākum azwājā(n).

And We created you in pairs.

وَّجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًاۙ

Wa ja‘alnā naumakum subātā(n).

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

وَّجَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِبَاسًاۙ

Wa ja‘alnal-laila libāsā(n).

And made the night as clothing.

وَّجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًاۚ

Wa ja‘alnan-nahāra ma‘āsyā(n).

And made the day for livelihood.

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًاۙ

Wa banainā fauqakum sab‘an syidādā(n).

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].

وَّجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَّهَّاجًاۖ

Wa ja‘alnā sirājaw wahhājā(n).

And made [therein] a burning lamp

وَّاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرٰتِ مَاۤءً ثَجَّاجًاۙ

Wa anzalnā minal-mu‘ṣirāti mā'an ṡajjājā(n).

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

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهٖ حَبًّا وَّنَبَاتًاۙ

Linukhrija bihī ḥabbaw wa nabātā(n).

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.

وَّجَنّٰتٍ اَلْفَافًاۗ

Wa jannātin alfāfā(n).

And gardens of entwined growth.

اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيْقَاتًاۙ

Inna yaumal-faṣli kāna mīqātā(n).

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

يَّوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِى الصُّوْرِ فَتَأْتُوْنَ اَفْوَاجًاۙ

Yauma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣūri fa ta'tūna afwājā(n).

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

وَّفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتْ اَبْوَابًاۙ

Wa futiḥatis-samā'u fa kānat abwābā(n).

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.

وَّسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًاۗ

Wa suyyiratil-jibālu fa kānat sarābā(n).

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

اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًاۙ

Inna jahannama kānat mirṣādā(n).

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

لِّلطّٰغِيْنَ مَاٰبًاۙ

Liṭ-ṭāgīna ma'ābā(n).

For the transgressors, a place of return,

لّٰبِثِيْنَ فِيْهَآ اَحْقَابًاۚ

Lābiṡīna fīhā aḥqābā(n).

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا بَرْدًا وَّلَا شَرَابًاۙ

Lā yażūqūna fīhā bardaw wa lā syarābā(n).

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

اِلَّا حَمِيْمًا وَّغَسَّاقًاۙ

Illā ḥamīmaw wa gassāqā(n).

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

جَزَاۤءً وِّفَاقًاۗ

Jazā'aw wifāqā(n).

An appropriate recompense.

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا لَا يَرْجُوْنَ حِسَابًاۙ

Innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisābā(n).

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

وَّكَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا كِذَّابًاۗ

Wa każżabū bi'āyātinā kiżżābā(n).

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ اَحْصَيْنٰهُ كِتٰبًاۙ

Wa kulla syai'in aḥṣaināhu kitābā(n).

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

فَذُوْقُوْا فَلَنْ نَّزِيْدَكُمْ اِلَّا عَذَابًا ࣖ

Fa żūqū falan nazīdakum illā ‘ażābā(n)

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

اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ مَفَازًاۙ

Inna lil-muttaqīna mafāzā(n).

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

حَدَاۤىِٕقَ وَاَعْنَابًاۙ

Ḥadā'iqa wa a‘nābā(n).

Gardens and grapevines.

وَّكَوَاعِبَ اَتْرَابًاۙ

Wa kawā‘iba atrābā(n).

And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.

وَّكَأْسًا دِهَاقًاۗ

Wa ka'san dihāqā(n).

And a full cup.

لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ فِيْهَا لَغْوًا وَّلَا كِذّٰبًا

Lā yasma‘ūna fīhā lagwaw wa lā kiżżābā(n).

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

جَزَاۤءً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ عَطَاۤءً حِسَابًاۙ

Jazā'am mir rabbika ‘aṭā'an ḥisābā(n).

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

رَّبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًاۚ

Rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumar-raḥmāni lā yamlikūna minhu khiṭābā(n).

[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 يَقُوْمُ الرُّوْحُ وَالْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ صَفًّاۙ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُوْنَ اِلَّا مَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

Yauma yaqūmur-rūḥu wal-malā'ikatu ṣaffā(n), lā yatakallamūna illā man ażina lahur-raḥmānu wa qāla ṣawābā(n).

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.

ذٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّۚ فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ مَاٰبًا

Żālikal-yaumul-ḥaqq(u), faman syā'attakhaża ilā rabbihī ma'ābā(n).

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

اِنَّآ اَنْذَرْنٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيْبًا ەۙ يَّوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُوْلُ الْكٰفِرُ يٰلَيْتَنِيْ كُنْتُ تُرٰبًا ࣖ

Innā anżarnākum ‘ażāban qarībā(n), yauma yanẓurul-mar'u mā qaddamat yadāhu wa yaqūlul-kāfiru yā laitanī kuntu turābā(n).

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!"