78:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
'Amma Yatasaa-aloon
ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another?
QUR’AN · SURAH 78
An-Naba
The Announcement · undefined verses · Meccan
Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
78:2
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
'Anin-nabaa-il 'azeem
About the awesome tiding [of resurrection],
78:3
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Allazi hum feehi mukh talifoon
on which they [so utterly] disagree.
78:4
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Kallaa sa y'alamoon
Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]!
78:5
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Thumma kallaa sa y'alamoon
And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand!
78:6
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا
Alam naj'alil arda mihaa da
HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you],
78:7
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا
Wal jibaala au taada
and the mountains [its] pegs?
78:8
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا
Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja
And We have created you in pairs;
78:9
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا
Waja'alnan naumakum subata
and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death
78:10
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا
Waja'alnal laila libasa
and made the night [its] cloak
78:11
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا
Waja'alnan nahara ma 'aasha
and made the day [a symbol of] life.
78:12
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا
Wa banaina fauqakum sab 'an shi daada
And We have built above you seven firmaments,
78:13
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا
Waja'alna siraajaw wah haaja
and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour.
78:14
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا
Wa anzalna minal m'usiraati maa-an saj-jaaja
And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance,
78:15
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا
Linukh rija bihee habbaw wana baata
so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs,
78:16
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Wa jan naatin alfafa
and gardens dense with follage.
78:17
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا
Inna yaumal-fasli kana miqaata
VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time:
78:18
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا
Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja
the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes;
78:19
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا
Wa futiha tis samaa-u fakaanat abwaaba
and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates;
78:20
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Wa suyyi raatil jibaalu fa kaanat saraaba
and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage.
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Qur’an 78:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another?
Qur’an 78:2
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
About the awesome tiding [of resurrection],
Qur’an 78:3
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
on which they [so utterly] disagree.
Qur’an 78:4
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]!
Qur’an 78:5
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand!
Qur’an 78:6
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا
HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you],
Qur’an 78:7
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا
and the mountains [its] pegs?
Qur’an 78:8
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا
And We have created you in pairs;
Qur’an 78:9
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا
and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death
Qur’an 78:10
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا
and made the night [its] cloak
Qur’an 78:11
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا
and made the day [a symbol of] life.
Qur’an 78:12
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا
And We have built above you seven firmaments,
Qur’an 78:13
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا
and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour.
Qur’an 78:14
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا
And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance,
Qur’an 78:15
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا
so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs,
Qur’an 78:16
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
and gardens dense with follage.
Qur’an 78:17
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا
VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time:
Qur’an 78:18
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا
the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes;
Qur’an 78:19
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا
and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates;
Qur’an 78:20
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage.
Qur’an 78:21
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا
[On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] –
Qur’an 78:22
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا
a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right!
Qur’an 78:23
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا
In it shall they remain for a long time.
Qur’an 78:24
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink –
Qur’an 78:25
إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا
only burning despair and ice-cold darkness:
Qur’an 78:26
جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا
a meet requital [for their sins]!
Qur’an 78:27
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا
Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account,
Qur’an 78:28
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا
having given the lie to Our messages one and all:
Qur’an 78:29
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًۭا
but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did].
Qur’an 78:30
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
[And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!"
Qur’an 78:31
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
[But,] verily for the God-conscious there is supreme fulfilment in store:
Qur’an 78:32
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًۭا
luxuriant gardens and vinyards,
Qur’an 78:33
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا
and splendid companions well matched,
Qur’an 78:34
وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا
and a cup [of happiness] overflowing.
Qur’an 78:35
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا
No empty talk will they hear in that [paradise], nor any lie.
Qur’an 78:36
جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا
[All this will be] a reward from thy Sustainer, a gift in accordance with [His Own] reckoning –
Qur’an 78:37
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا
[a reward from] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Most Gracious! [And] none shall have it in their power to raise their voices unto Him
Qur’an 78:38
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا
on the Day when all [human] souls and all the angels will stand up in ranks: none will speak but he to whom the Most Gracious will have given leave; and [everyone] will say [only] what is right.
Qur’an 78:39
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That will be the Day of Ultimate Truth: whoever wills, then, let him take the path that leads towards his Sustainer!
Qur’an 78:40
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
Verily, We have warned you of suffering near at hand - [suffering] on the Day when man shall [clearly] see what his hands have sent ahead, and when he who has denied the truth shall say, "Oh, would that I were mere dust...!"