An-Naba

'Amma Yatasaa-aloon

ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another?

'Anin-nabaa-il 'azeem

About the awesome tiding [of resurrection],

Allazi hum feehi mukh talifoon

on which they [so utterly] disagree.

Kallaa sa y'alamoon

Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]!

Thumma kallaa sa y'alamoon

And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand!

Alam naj'alil arda mihaa da

HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you],

Wal jibaala au taada

and the mountains [its] pegs?

Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja

And We have created you in pairs;

Waja'alnan naumakum subata

and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death

Waja'alnal laila libasa

and made the night [its] cloak

Waja'alnan nahara ma 'aasha

and made the day [a symbol of] life.

Wa banaina fauqakum sab 'an shi daada

And We have built above you seven firmaments,

Waja'alna siraajaw wah haaja

and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour.

Wa anzalna minal m'usiraati maa-an saj-jaaja

And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance,

Linukh rija bihee habbaw wana baata

so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs,

Wa jan naatin alfafa

and gardens dense with follage.

Inna yaumal-fasli kana miqaata

VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time:

Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja

the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes;

Wa futiha tis samaa-u fakaanat abwaaba

and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates;

Wa suyyi raatil jibaalu fa kaanat saraaba

and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage.

Inna jahan nama kaanat mirsaada

[On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] –

Lit taa gheena ma aaba

a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right!

Laa bitheena feehaa ahqaaba

In it shall they remain for a long time.

Laa ya zooqoona feeha bar daw walaa sharaaba

Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink –

Illa hamee maw-wa ghas saaqa

only burning despair and ice-cold darkness:

Jazaa-aw wi faaqa

a meet requital [for their sins]!

Innahum kaanu laa yarjoona hisaaba

Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account,

Wa kazzabu bi aayaa tina kizzaba

having given the lie to Our messages one and all:

Wa kulla shai-in ahsai naahu kitaa ba

but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did].

Fa zooqoo falan-nazee dakum ill-laa azaaba

[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!"

Inna lil mutta qeena mafaaza

[But,] verily for the God-conscious there is supreme fulfilment in store:

Hadaa-iqa wa a'anaa ba

luxuriant gardens and vinyards,

Wa kaawa 'iba at raaba

and splendid companions well matched,

Wa ka'san di haaqa

and a cup [of happiness] overflowing.

Laa yasma'oona fiha lagh waw walaa kizzaba

No empty talk will they hear in that [paradise], nor any lie.

Jazaa-am mir-rabbika ataa-an hisaaba

[All this will be] a reward from thy Sustainer, a gift in accordance with [His Own] reckoning –

Rabbis samaa waati wal ardi wa maa baina humar rahmaani laa yam likoona minhu khi taaba

[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

Yauma yaqoo mur roohu wal malaa-ikatu saf-fal laa yata kalla moona illa man azina lahur rahmaanu wa qaala sawaaba

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.

Zaalikal yaumul haqqu faman shaa-at ta khaaza ill-laa rabbihi ma-aaba

That will be the Day of Ultimate Truth: whoever wills, then, let him take the path that leads towards his Sustainer!

In naa anzar naakum azaaban qareebaiy-yauma yan zurul marr-u maa qaddamat yadaahu wa ya qoolul-kaafiru yaa lai tanee kuntu turaaba

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...!"