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English - Chapter 78 - An-Naba

Translation by John Medows Rodwell — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah An-Naba 78:1

Of what ask they of one another

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Verse 2 — Surah An-Naba 78:2

Of the great NEWS

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Verse 3 — Surah An-Naba 78:3

The theme of their disputes

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Verse 4 — Surah An-Naba 78:4

Nay! they shall certainly knows its truth

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Verse 5 — Surah An-Naba 78:5

Again. Nay! they shall certainly know it

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Verse 6 — Surah An-Naba 78:6

Have we not made the Earth a couch

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Verse 7 — Surah An-Naba 78:7

And the mountains its tent-stakes

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Verse 8 — Surah An-Naba 78:8

We have created you of two sexes

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Verse 9 — Surah An-Naba 78:9

And ordained your sleep for rest

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Verse 10 — Surah An-Naba 78:10

And ordained the night as a mantle

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Verse 11 — Surah An-Naba 78:11

And ordained the day for gaining livelihood

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Verse 12 — Surah An-Naba 78:12

And built above you seven solid heavens

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Verse 13 — Surah An-Naba 78:13

And placed therein a burning lamp

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Verse 14 — Surah An-Naba 78:14

And we send down water in abundance from the rain-clouds

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Verse 15 — Surah An-Naba 78:15

That we may bring forth by it corn and herbs

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Verse 16 — Surah An-Naba 78:16

And gardens thick with trees

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Verse 17 — Surah An-Naba 78:17

Lo! the day of Severance is fixed

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Verse 18 — Surah An-Naba 78:18

The day when there shall be a blast on the trumpet, and ye shall come in crowds

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Verse 19 — Surah An-Naba 78:19

And the heaven shall be opened and be full of portals

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Verse 20 — Surah An-Naba 78:20

And the mountains shall be set in motion, and melt into thin vapour

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Verse 21 — Surah An-Naba 78:21

Hell truly shall be a place of snares

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Verse 22 — Surah An-Naba 78:22

The home of transgressors

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Verse 23 — Surah An-Naba 78:23

To abide therein ages

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Verse 24 — Surah An-Naba 78:24

No coolness shall they taste therein nor any drink

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Verse 25 — Surah An-Naba 78:25

Save boiling water and running sores

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Verse 26 — Surah An-Naba 78:26

Meet recompense

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Verse 27 — Surah An-Naba 78:27

For they looked not forward to their account

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Verse 28 — Surah An-Naba 78:28

And they gave the lie to our signs, charging them with falsehood

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Verse 29 — Surah An-Naba 78:29

But we noted and wrote down all

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Verse 30 — Surah An-Naba 78:30

Taste this then: and we will give you increase of nought but torment

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Verse 31 — Surah An-Naba 78:31

But, for the God-fearing is a blissful abode

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Verse 32 — Surah An-Naba 78:32

Enclosed gardens and vineyards

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Verse 33 — Surah An-Naba 78:33

And damsels with swelling breasts, their peers in age

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Verse 34 — Surah An-Naba 78:34

And a full cup

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Verse 35 — Surah An-Naba 78:35

There shall they hear no vain discourse nor any falsehood

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Verse 36 — Surah An-Naba 78:36

A recompense from thy Lord-sufficing gift

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Verse 37 — Surah An-Naba 78:37

Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that between them lieth - the God of Mercy! But not a word shall they obtain from Him

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Verse 38 — Surah An-Naba 78:38

On the day whereon the Spirit and the Angels shall be ranged in order, they shall not speak: save he whom the God of Mercy shall permit, and who shall say that which is right

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Verse 39 — Surah An-Naba 78:39

This is the sure day. Whoso then will, let him take the path of return to his Lord

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Verse 40 — Surah An-Naba 78:40

Verily, we warn you of a chastisement close at hand: The day on which a man shall see the deeds which his hands have sent before him; and when the unbeliever shall say, "Oh! would I were dust

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