Surah 78 of 114 · Makki
Surah An-Naba (The Great News)
سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
عَمَّʿammaAbout whatيَتَسَآءَلُونَyatasāalūnaare they asking one another
About what are they asking one another
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عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
عَنِʿaniAboutٱلنَّبَإِl-naba-ithe Newsٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Great
About the great news
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ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(About) whichهُمْhumtheyفِيهِfīhi(are) concerning itمُخْتَلِفُونَmukh'talifūna(in) disagreement
That over which they are in disagreement
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كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
كَلَّاkallāNayسَيَعْلَمُونَsayaʿlamūna(soon) they will know
No! They are going to know
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ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
ثُمَّthummaThenكَلَّاkallāNayسَيَعْلَمُونَsayaʿlamūna(soon) they will know
Then, no! They are going to know
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًۭا
أَلَمْalamHave notنَجْعَلِnajʿaliWe madeٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthمِهَـٰدًۭاmihādana resting place
Have We not made the earth a resting place
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا
وَٱلْجِبَالَwal-jibālaAnd the mountainsأَوْتَادًۭاawtādan(as) pegs
And the mountains as stakes
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وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا
وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْwakhalaqnākumAnd We created youأَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan(in) pairs
And We created you in pairs
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وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We madeنَوْمَكُمْnawmakumyour sleepسُبَاتًۭاsubātan(for) rest
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
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وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We madeٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightلِبَاسًۭاlibāsan(as) covering
And made the night as clothing
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وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We madeٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe dayمَعَاشًۭاmaʿāshan(for) livelihood
And made the day for livelihood
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وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا
وَبَنَيْنَاwabanaynāAnd We constructedفَوْقَكُمْfawqakumover youسَبْعًۭاsabʿansevenشِدَادًۭاshidādanstrong
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
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وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We placedسِرَاجًۭاsirājana lampوَهَّاجًۭاwahhājanburning
And made [therein] a burning lamp
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وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا
وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāAnd We sent downمِنَminafromٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِl-muʿ'ṣirātithe rain cloudsمَآءًۭmāanwaterثَجَّاجًۭاthajjājanpouring abundantly
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
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لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا
لِّنُخْرِجَlinukh'rijaThat We may bring forthبِهِۦbihitherebyحَبًّۭاḥabbangrainوَنَبَاتًۭاwanabātanand vegetation
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
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وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
وَجَنَّـٰتٍwajannātinAnd gardensأَلْفَافًاalfāfan(of) thick foliage
And gardens of entwined growth
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إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًۭا
إِنَّinnaIndeedيَوْمَyawma(the) Dayٱلْفَصْلِl-faṣli(of) the Judgmentكَانَkānaisمِيقَـٰتًۭاmīqātanan appointed time
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time
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يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا
يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيُنفَخُyunfakhu(in which) shall be blownفِىfīinٱلصُّورِl-ṣūrithe trumpetفَتَأْتُونَfatatūnaand you will come forthأَفْوَاجًۭاafwājan(in) crowds
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
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وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا
وَفُتِحَتِwafutiḥatiAnd is openedٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe heavenفَكَانَتْfakānatand becomesأَبْوَٰبًۭاabwābangateways
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
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وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
وَسُيِّرَتِwasuyyiratiAnd are movedٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountainsفَكَانَتْfakānatand becomeسَرَابًاsarābana mirage
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage
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إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا
إِنَّinnaIndeedجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellكَانَتْkānatisمِرْصَادًۭاmir'ṣādanlying in wait
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
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لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَlilṭṭāghīnaFor the transgressorsمَـَٔابًۭاmaābana place of return
For the transgressors, a place of return
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لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا
لَّـٰبِثِينَlābithīna(They will) be remainingفِيهَآfīhāthereinأَحْقَابًۭاaḥqāban(for) ages
In which they will remain for ages [unending]
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لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا
لَّاlāNotيَذُوقُونَyadhūqūnathey will tasteفِيهَاfīhāthereinبَرْدًۭاbardancoolnessوَلَاwalāand notشَرَابًاsharābanany drink
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
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إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا
إِلَّاillāExceptحَمِيمًۭاḥamīmanscalding waterوَغَسَّاقًۭاwaghassāqanand purulence
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence
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جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا
جَزَآءًۭjazāanA recompenseوِفَاقًاwifāqanappropriate
An appropriate recompense
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إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, theyكَانُوا۟kānūwereلَاlānotيَرْجُونَyarjūnaexpectingحِسَابًۭاḥisābanan account
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
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وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا
وَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūAnd they deniedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signsكِذَّابًۭاkidhāban(with) denial
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial
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وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًۭا
وَكُلَّwakullaAnd everyشَىْءٍshayinthingأَحْصَيْنَـٰهُaḥṣaynāhuWe have enumerated itكِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban(in) a Book
But all things We have enumerated in writing
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فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo tasteفَلَنfalanand neverنَّزِيدَكُمْnazīdakumWe will increase youإِلَّاillāexceptعَذَابًاʿadhāban(in) punishment
So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
إِنَّinnaIndeedلِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteousمَفَازًاmafāzan(is) success
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment
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حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًۭا
حَدَآئِقَḥadāiqaGardensوَأَعْنَـٰبًۭاwa-aʿnābanand grapevines
Gardens and grapevines
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وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا
وَكَوَاعِبَwakawāʿibaAnd splendid companionsأَتْرَابًۭاatrābanwell-matched
And full-breasted [companions] of equal age
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وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا
وَكَأْسًۭاwakasanAnd a cupدِهَاقًۭاdihāqanfull
And a full cup
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لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا
لَّاlāNotيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey will hearفِيهَاfīhāthereinلَغْوًۭاlaghwanany vain talkوَلَاwalāand notكِذَّٰبًۭاkidhābanany falsehood
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood
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جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا
جَزَآءًۭjazāan(As) a rewardمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lordعَطَآءًʿaṭāana giftحِسَابًۭاḥisāban(according to) account
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account
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رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا
رَّبِّrabbiLordٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthوَمَاwamāand whateverبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between both of themٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖl-raḥmānithe Most Graciousلَاlānotيَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have powerمِنْهُmin'hufrom Himخِطَابًۭاkhiṭāban(to) address
[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
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يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا
يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيَقُومُyaqūmuwill standٱلرُّوحُl-rūḥuthe Spiritوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angelsصَفًّۭا ۖṣaffan(in) rowsلَّاlānotيَتَكَلَّمُونَyatakallamūnathey will speakإِلَّاillāexceptمَنْman(one) who أَذِنَadhinapermitsلَهُlahu[for] himٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Graciousوَقَالَwaqālaand he (will) sayصَوَابًۭاṣawāban(what is) correct
The Day that the Spirit 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
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ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatٱلْيَوْمُl-yawmu(is) the Dayٱلْحَقُّ ۖl-ḥaquthe TrueفَمَنfamanSo whoeverشَآءَshāawillsٱتَّخَذَittakhadhalet him takeإِلَىٰilātowardsرَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lordمَـَٔابًاmaābana return
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return
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إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
إِنَّآinnāIndeed Weأَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْandharnākum[We] have warned youعَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(of) a punishmentقَرِيبًۭاqarībannearيَوْمَyawma(the) Dayيَنظُرُyanẓuruwill seeٱلْمَرْءُl-maruthe manمَاmāwhatقَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forthيَدَاهُyadāhuhis handsوَيَقُولُwayaqūluand will sayٱلْكَافِرُl-kāfiruthe disbelieverيَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wishكُنتُkuntuI wereتُرَٰبًۢاturābandust
Indeed, We have warned you of a near 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