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Surah 78 · 40 verses

Surah An-Naba

سورة النبإ

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

78:1Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

What are they asking one another about?

78:2Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

About the Great Event.

78:3Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

About which they disagree.

78:4Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Surely, they will find out.

78:5Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Most certainly, they will find out.

78:6Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا

Did We not make the earth a cradle?

78:7Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

And the mountains pegs?

78:8Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا

And created you in pairs?

78:9Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

And made your sleep for rest?

78:10Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

And made the night a cover?

78:11Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

And made the day for livelihood?

78:12Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

And built above you seven strong ones?

78:13Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

And placed a blazing lamp?

78:14Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا

And brought down from the clouds pouring water?

78:15Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

To produce with it grains and vegetation?

78:16Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا

And luxuriant gardens?

78:17Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا

The Day of Sorting has been appointed.

78:18Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

The Day when the Trumpet is blown, and you will come in droves.

78:19Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

And the sky is opened up, and becomes gateways.

78:20Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

And the mountains are set in motion, and become a mirage.

78:21Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Hell is lying in ambush.

78:22Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا

For the oppressors, a destination.

78:23Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا

Where they will remain for eons.

78:24Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

They will taste therein neither coolness, nor drink.

78:25Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Except boiling water, and freezing hail.

78:26Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا

A fitting requital.

78:27Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

For they were not anticipating any reckoning.

78:28Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

And they denied Our signs utterly.

78:29Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا

But We have enumerated everything in writing.

78:30Juz 30 · Madinah page 582

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

So taste! We will increase you only in suffering.

78:31Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

But for the righteous there is triumph.

78:32Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا

Gardens and vineyards.

78:33Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

And splendid spouses, well matched.

78:34Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

And delicious drinks.

78:35Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا

They will hear therein neither gossip, nor lies.

78:36Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا

A reward from your Lord, a fitting gift.

78:37Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them—The Most Merciful—none can argue with Him.

78:38Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

On the Day when the Spirit and the angels stand in row. They will not speak, unless it be one permitted by the Most Merciful, and he will say what is right.

78:39Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

That is the Day of Reality. So whoever wills, let him take a way back to his Lord.

78:40Juz 30 · Madinah page 583

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

We have warned you of a near punishment—the Day when a person will observe what his hands have produced, and the faithless will say, “O, I wish I were dust.”

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