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78. An-Naba — The Announcement

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 40 sections

1. 78:1

   عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

   AAamma yatasaaloona

   Whereof do they question one another

2. 78:2

   عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

   AAani alnnabai alAAatheemi

   (It is) of the awful tidings

3. 78:3

   ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ

   Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

   Concerning which they are in disagreement

4. 78:4

   كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ

   Kalla sayaAAlamoona

   Nay, but they will come to know

5. 78:5

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ

   Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

   Nay, again, but they will come to know

6. 78:6

   أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدࣰ ا

   Alam najAAali alarda mihadan

   Have We not made the earth an expanse

7. 78:7

   وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادࣰ ا

   Waaljibala awtadan

   And the high hills bulwarks

8. 78:8

   وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰ ا

   Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

   And We have created you in pairs

9. 78:9

   وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتࣰ ا

   WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

   And have appointed your sleep for repose

10. 78:10

    وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسࣰ ا

    WajaAAalna allayla libasan

    And have appointed the night as a cloak

11. 78:11

    وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشࣰ ا

    WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

    And have appointed the day for livelihood

12. 78:12

    وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعࣰ ا شِدَادࣰ ا

    Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

    And We have built above you seven strong (heavens)

13. 78:13

    وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجࣰ ا وَهَّاجࣰ ا

    WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

    And have appointed a dazzling lamp

14. 78:14

    وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءࣰ ثَجَّاجࣰ ا

    Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

    And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water

15. 78:15

    لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبࣰّ ا وَنَبَاتࣰ ا

    Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

    Thereby to produce grain and plant

16. 78:16

    وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا

    Wajannatin alfafan

    And gardens of thick foliage

17. 78:17

    إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتࣰ ا

    Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

    Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time

18. 78:18

    يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجࣰ ا

    Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fatatoona afwajan

    A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes

19. 78:19

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبࣰ ا

    Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

    And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates

20. 78:20

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا

    Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

    And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage

21. 78:21

    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادࣰ ا

    Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

    Lo! hell lurketh in ambush

22. 78:22

    لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابࣰ ا

    Lilttagheena maaban

    A home for the rebellious

23. 78:23

    لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابࣰ ا

    Labitheena feeha ahqaban

    They will abide therein for ages

24. 78:24

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدࣰ ا وَلَا شَرَابًا

    La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

    Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

25. 78:25

    إِلَّا حَمِيمࣰ ا وَغَسَّاقࣰ ا

    Illa hameeman waghassaqan

    Save boiling water and a paralysing cold

26. 78:26

    جَزَآءࣰ وِفَاقًا

    Jazaan wifaqan

    Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds)

27. 78:27

    إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابࣰ ا

    Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

    For lo! they looked not for a reckoning

28. 78:28

    وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابࣰ ا

    Wakaththaboo biayatina kiththaban

    They called Our revelations false with strong denial

29. 78:29

    وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبࣰ ا

    Wakulla shayin ahsaynahu kitaban

    Everything have We recorded in a Book

30. 78:30

    فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

    So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment

31. 78:31

    إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

    Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

    Lo! for the duteous is achievement

32. 78:32

    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبࣰ ا

    Hadaiqa waaAAnaban

    Gardens enclosed and vineyards

33. 78:33

    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابࣰ ا

    WakawaAAiba atraban

    And voluptuous women of equal age

34. 78:34

    وَكَأۡسࣰ ا دِهَاقࣰ ا

    Wakasan dihaqan

    And a full cup

35. 78:35

    لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوࣰ ا وَلَا كِذَّٰبࣰ ا

    La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

    There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying

36. 78:36

    جَزَآءࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابࣰ ا

    Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

    Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment

37. 78:37

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابࣰ ا

    Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

    Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse

38. 78:38

    يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفࣰّ اۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابࣰ ا

    Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmalaikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

    On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right

39. 78:39

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

    Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

    That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord

40. 78:40

    إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابࣰ ا قَرِيبࣰ ا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا

    Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

    Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust

Qur'an text and translations via fawazahmed0/quran-api; Arabic Uthmani Hafs from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, transliteration from Tanzil.net. Licence: Public domain. Source.