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English - Chapter 78 - An-Naba

Translation by Aisha Bewley — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah An-Naba 78:1

About what are they asking one another

Verse 2 — Surah An-Naba 78:2

About the momentous news

Verse 3 — Surah An-Naba 78:3

the thing about which they differ

Verse 4 — Surah An-Naba 78:4

No indeed! They will soon know

Verse 5 — Surah An-Naba 78:5

Again, no indeed! They will soon know

Verse 6 — Surah An-Naba 78:6

Have We not made the earth a flat carpet

Verse 7 — Surah An-Naba 78:7

and the mountains its pegs

Verse 8 — Surah An-Naba 78:8

We have created you in pairs

Verse 9 — Surah An-Naba 78:9

We made your sleep a break

Verse 10 — Surah An-Naba 78:10

We made the night a cloak

Verse 11 — Surah An-Naba 78:11

We made the day for earning a living

Verse 12 — Surah An-Naba 78:12

We built seven firm layers above you

Verse 13 — Surah An-Naba 78:13

We installed a blazing lamp

Verse 14 — Surah An-Naba 78:14

We sent down cascading water from the clouds

Verse 15 — Surah An-Naba 78:15

so that by it We might bring forth grains and plants

Verse 16 — Surah An-Naba 78:16

and luxuriant gardens

Verse 17 — Surah An-Naba 78:17

The Day of Decision is a fixed appointment

Verse 18 — Surah An-Naba 78:18

the Day the Trumpet is blown and you come in droves

Verse 19 — Surah An-Naba 78:19

and heaven is opened and becomes doorways

Verse 20 — Surah An-Naba 78:20

and the mountains are shifted and become a mirage

Verse 21 — Surah An-Naba 78:21

Hell lies in wait —

Verse 22 — Surah An-Naba 78:22

a homecoming for the profligate

Verse 23 — Surah An-Naba 78:23

remaining in it for countless aeons

Verse 24 — Surah An-Naba 78:24

not tasting any coolness there or any drink

Verse 25 — Surah An-Naba 78:25

except for boiling water and scalding pus —

Verse 26 — Surah An-Naba 78:26

a fitting recompense

Verse 27 — Surah An-Naba 78:27

They did not expect to have a reckoning

Verse 28 — Surah An-Naba 78:28

and utterly denied Our Signs

Verse 29 — Surah An-Naba 78:29

We have recorded all things in writing

Verse 30 — Surah An-Naba 78:30

So taste! We will increase you only in punishment

Verse 31 — Surah An-Naba 78:31

For those who have taqwa there is triumph

Verse 32 — Surah An-Naba 78:32

Gardens and grape vines

Verse 33 — Surah An-Naba 78:33

and nubile maidens of similar age

Verse 34 — Surah An-Naba 78:34

and an overflowing cup

Verse 35 — Surah An-Naba 78:35

where they will hear no prattle and no denial

Verse 36 — Surah An-Naba 78:36

a recompense from your Lord, a commensurate gift

Verse 37 — Surah An-Naba 78:37

Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, the All-Merciful. They will not have the power to speak to Him

Verse 38 — Surah An-Naba 78:38

On the Day when the Spirit and the angels stand in ranks, no one will speak, except for him who is authorised by the All-Merciful and says what is right

Verse 39 — Surah An-Naba 78:39

That will be the True Day. So whoever wills should take the way back to his Lord

Verse 40 — Surah An-Naba 78:40

We have warned you of an imminent punishment on the Day when a man will see what he has done, and the kafir will say, ´Oh, if only I were dust!´