بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١
(1) About what are they asking one another?
Noter
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٢
(2) About the great news[1821] -
Noter
[1821]- i.e., the Resurrection.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ٣
(3) That over which they are in disagreement.
Noter
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ٤
(4) No! They are going to know.
Noter
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ٥
(5) Then, no! They are going to know.
Noter
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا ٦
(6) Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Noter
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ٧
(7) And the mountains as stakes?[1822]
Noter
[1822]- To stabilize the land and balance the earth.
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ٨
(8) And We created you in pairs
Noter
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا ٩
(9) And made your sleep [a means for] rest
Noter
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا ١٠
(10) And made the night as clothing[1823]
Noter
[1823]- Covering you in darkness and providing rest.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا ١١
(11) And made the day for livelihood
Noter
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا ١٢
(12) And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
Noter
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا ١٣
(13) And made [therein] a burning lamp
Noter
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا ١٤
(14) And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water
Noter
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا ١٥
(15) That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Noter
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ١٦
(16) And gardens of entwined growth.
Noter
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا ١٧
(17) Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Noter
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا ١٨
(18) The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
Noter
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا ١٩
(19) And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
Noter
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ٢٠
(20) And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
Noter
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا ٢١
(21) Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Noter
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا ٢٢
(22) For the transgressors, a place of return,
Noter
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا ٢٣
(23) In which they will remain for ages [unending].
Noter
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا ٢٤
(24) They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.
Noter
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا ٢٥
(25) Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Noter
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا ٢٦
(26) An appropriate recompense.[1824]
Noter
[1824]- In proportion to and comparable with their crimes.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا ٢٧
(27) Indeed, they were not expecting an account
Noter
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا ٢٨
(28) And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
Noter
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا ٢٩
(29) But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Noter
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ٣٠
(30) "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."[1825]
Noter
[1825]- This announcement will be made to the companions of Hell.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ٣١
(31) Indeed, for the righteous is attainment[1826] -
Noter
[1826]- Of security, success and reward, including escape and safety from Hell.
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا ٣٢
(32) Gardens and grapevines
Noter
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا ٣٣
(33) And young women [companions] of equal age.
Noter
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا ٣٤
(34) And a full cup.[1827]
Noter
[1827]- Of wine which is delicious and does not intoxicate.
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا ٣٥
(35) No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
Noter
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا ٣٦
(36) [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,[1828]
Noter
[1828]- i.e., as a result of both their own righteous deeds and the limitless generosity of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) . Another meaning is "a gift calculated [to be adequate]."
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا ٣٧
(37) [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.[1829]
Noter
[1829]- None of Allāh's creatures can plead with Him on the Day of Judgement except by His permission.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا ٣٨
(38) 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.
Noter
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ٣٩
(39) That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.[1830]
Noter
[1830]- i.e., a direct route through correct beliefs and righteous deeds.
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ٤٠
(40) Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth[1831] and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
Noter
[1831]- i.e., the deeds he did in this world, which await him in the Hereafter.