النبإ
An-Naba
The Tidings
1 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 001
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About what are they asking one another?
2 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 002
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
About the momentous news[1],
[1] i.e., the Resurrection.
3 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 003
ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ
that which they differ about[2].
[2] The pagans of Makkah denied the Qur’an, resurrection, and judgment. They differed as to whether the Qur’an was magic, fortune-telling, or poetry.
4 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 004
كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
No indeed; they will come to know.
5 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 005
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
Again no; they will come to know.
6 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 006
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
7 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 007
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا
And the mountains as stakes[3],
[3] Mountains go deep below the surface like pegs and icebergs, stabilizing the earth and slowing tectonic movement.
8 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 008
وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا
and created you in pairs,
9 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 009
وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا
and made your sleep for rest,
10 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 010
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا
and made the night a covering[4],
[4] Covering you in its darkness as garments cover you.
11 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 011
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا
and made the day for seeking a livelihood,
12 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 012
وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا
and built above you seven mighty heavens,
13 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 013
وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا
and made therein a blazing lamp,
14 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 014
وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا
and sent down from the rainclouds abundant water,
15 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 015
لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا
so that We may produce thereby grains and vegetation,
16 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 016
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا
and gardens with dense foliage?
17 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 017
إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا
Indeed, the Day of Judgment is a time appointed,
18 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 018
يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا
the Day when the Trumpet will be blown, you will come forth in crowds,
19 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 019
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا
and the sky will be opened up and will become gateways,
20 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 020
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا
and the mountains will vanish, becoming like a mirage.
21 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 021
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا
Indeed, Hell is lying in wait,
22 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 022
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا
a resort for the transgressors,
23 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 023
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا
wherein they will abide for endless ages.
24 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 024
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا
They will neither taste therein any coolness nor any drink,
25 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 025
إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا
except for scalding water and discharge of wounds,
26 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 026
جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا
a fitting recompense[5].
[5] To their disbelief and evil deeds.
27 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 027
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا
Indeed, they did not expect a reckoning,
28 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 028
وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا
and utterly rejected Our verses.
29 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 029
وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا
But We have enumerated everything in a record[6].
[6] i.e., a record of deeds.
30 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 030
فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
So taste [the punishment], for We will not increase you except in torment[7].”
[7] The addressees are the dwellers of Hell.
31 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 031
إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Indeed, the righteous will have salvation[8],
[8] i.e., safety from Hell and winning Paradise.
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حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا
gardens and vineyards,
33 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 033
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا
and full-bosomed maidens of equal age,
34 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 034
وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا
and a full cup [of wine][9].
[9] i.e., tasteful wine which neither intoxicates nor causes headache.
35 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 035
لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّـٰبٗا
They will not hear therein vain talk or lies –
36 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 036
جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا
a reward and a generous gift from your Lord[10],
[10] Or "a gift adequately calculated"; as a result of their righteous deeds as well as the ample generosity of Allah.
37 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 037
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا
[from] the Lord of the heavens and earth and all that is between them, the Most Compassionate; none will dare to speak to Him[11].
[11] None can ask or plead on the Day of Judgment except by Allah's permission.
38 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 038
يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا
On the Day when the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows; none will dare to speak, except those to whom the Most Compassionate granted permission, and they will only speak the truth.
39 - An-Naba (The Tidings) - 039
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That Day is sure to come. So whoever wills may seek a path leading to his Lord[12].
[12] i.e., the path of guidance and righteous deeds.
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