Surah An-Naba

عَمَّ يَتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَۚ ۝١

‘Amma yatasā-alūn

1. What are they asking one another about?

عَنِ النَّبَاِ الْعَظِيْمِۙ ۝٢

‘Anin naba'il-‘aẓīm

2. About the Great Event.

الَّذِيْ هُمْ فِيْهِ مُخْتَلِفُوْنَۗ ۝٣

Allażī hum fīhi mukhtalifūn

3. About which they disagree.

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُوْنَۙ ۝٤

Kallā saya‘lamūn

4. Surely, they will find out.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٥

Ṡumma kallā saya‘lamūn

5. Most certainly, they will find out.

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ مِهٰدًاۙ ۝٦

Alam naj‘alil-arḍo mihādā

6. Did We not make the earth a cradle?

وَّالْجِبَالَ اَوْتَادًاۖ ۝٧

Wal-jibāla autādā

7. And the mountains pegs?

وَّخَلَقْنٰكُمْ اَزْوَاجًاۙ ۝٨

Wa kholaqnākum azwājā

8. And created you in pairs?

وَّجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًاۙ ۝٩

Wa ja‘alnā naumakum subātā

9. And made your sleep for rest?

وَّجَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِبَاسًاۙ ۝١٠

Wa ja‘alnal-laila libāsā

10. And made the night a cover?

وَّجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًاۚ ۝١١

Wa ja‘alnan-nahāro ma‘āsyā

11. And made the day for livelihood?

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًاۙ ۝١٢

Wa banainā fauqokum sab‘an syidādā

12. And built above you seven strong ones?

وَّجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَّهَّاجًاۖ ۝١٣

Wa ja‘alnā sirōjaw wahhājā

13. And placed a blazing lamp?

وَّاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرٰتِ مَاۤءً ثَجَّاجًاۙ ۝١٤

Wa anzalnā minal-mu‘ṣirōti mā-an ṡajjājā

14. And brought down from the clouds pouring water?

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهٖ حَبًّا وَّنَبَاتًاۙ ۝١٥

Linukhrija bihī ḥabbaw wa nabātā

15. To produce with it grains and vegetation?

وَّجَنّٰتٍ اَلْفَافًاۗ ۝١٦

Wa jannātin alfāfā

16. And luxuriant gardens?

اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيْقَاتًاۙ ۝١٧

Inna yaumal-faṣli kāna mīqōtā

17. The Day of Sorting has been appointed.

يَّوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِى الصُّوْرِ فَتَأْتُوْنَ اَفْوَاجًاۙ ۝١٨

Yauma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣūri fa ta'tūna afwājā

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

وَّفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتْ اَبْوَابًاۙ ۝١٩

Wa futiḥatis-samā-u fa kānat abwābā

19. And the sky is opened up, and becomes gateways.

وَّسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًاۗ ۝٢٠

Wa suyyirotil-jibālu fa kānat sarōbā

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

اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًاۙ ۝٢١

Inna jahannama kānat mirṣōdā

21. Hell is lying in ambush.

لِّلطّٰغِيْنَ مَاٰبًاۙ ۝٢٢

Liṭ-ṭōghīna ma'ābā

22. For the oppressors, a destination.

لّٰبِثِيْنَ فِيْهَآ اَحْقَابًاۚ ۝٢٣

Lābiṡīna fīhā aḥqōbā

23. Where they will remain for eons.

لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا بَرْدًا وَّلَا شَرَابًاۙ ۝٢٤

Lā yażūqūna fīhā bardaw wa lā syarōbā

24. They will taste therein neither coolness, nor drink.

اِلَّا حَمِيْمًا وَّغَسَّاقًاۙ ۝٢٥

Illā ḥamīmaw wa ghossāqō

25. Except boiling water, and freezing hail.

جَزَاۤءً وِّفَاقًاۗ ۝٢٦

Jazā-aw wifāqō

26. A fitting requital.

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا لَا يَرْجُوْنَ حِسَابًاۙ ۝٢٧

Innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisābā

27. For they were not anticipating any reckoning.

وَّكَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا كِذَّابًاۗ ۝٢٨

Wa każżabū bi'āyātinā kiżżābā

28. And they denied Our signs utterly.

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ اَحْصَيْنٰهُ كِتٰبًاۙ ۝٢٩

Wa kulla syai'in aḥṣoināhu kitābā

29. But We have enumerated everything in writing.

فَذُوْقُوْا فَلَنْ نَّزِيْدَكُمْ اِلَّا عَذَابًا ࣖ ۝٣٠

Fa żūqū falan nazīdakum illā ‘ażābā

30. So taste! We will increase you only in suffering.

اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ مَفَازًاۙ ۝٣١

Inna lil-muttaqīna mafāzā

31. But for the righteous there is triumph.

حَدَاۤىِٕقَ وَاَعْنَابًاۙ ۝٣٢

Ḥadā-iqo wa a‘nābā

32. Gardens and vineyards.

وَّكَوَاعِبَ اَتْرَابًاۙ ۝٣٣

Wa kawā‘iba atrōbā

33. And splendid spouses, well matched.

وَّكَأْسًا دِهَاقًاۗ ۝٣٤

Wa ka'san dihāqō

34. And delicious drinks.

لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ فِيْهَا لَغْوًا وَّلَا كِذّٰبًا ۝٣٥

Lā yasma‘ūna fīhā laghwaw wa lā kiżżābā

35. They will hear therein neither gossip, nor lies.

جَزَاۤءً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ عَطَاۤءً حِسَابًاۙ ۝٣٦

Jazā-am mir robbika ‘aṭō-an ḥisābā

36. A reward from your Lord, a fitting gift.

رَّبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًاۚ ۝٣٧

Robbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumar-roḥmāni lā yamlikūna minhu khiṭōbā

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

يَوْمَ يَقُوْمُ الرُّوْحُ وَالْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ صَفًّاۙ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُوْنَ اِلَّا مَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا ۝٣٨

Yauma yaqūmur-rūḥu wal-malā-ikatu ṣoffā, lā yatakallamūna illā man ażina lahur-roḥmānu wa qōla ṣowābā

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

ذٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّۚ فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ مَاٰبًا ۝٣٩

Żālikal-yaumul-ḥaqq, faman syā-attakhoża ilā robbihī ma'ābā

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

اِنَّآ اَنْذَرْنٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيْبًا ەۙ يَّوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُوْلُ الْكٰفِرُ يٰلَيْتَنِيْ كُنْتُ تُرٰبًا ࣖ ۝٤٠

Innā anżarnākum ‘ażāban qorībā, yauma yanẓurul-mar'u mā qoddamat yadāhu wa yaqūlul-kāfiru yā laitanī kuntu turōbā

40. 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, “Oh, I wish I were dust.”