The Tidings, The Announcement — Abdul Majid Daryabadi Translation

78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Of what ask they

AAamma yatasaaloona

78:2

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Of the mighty Announcement

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

78:3

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Concerning which they differ

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By no means! anon they shall know

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Again, by no means! anon they shall know

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:6

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Have We not made the earth an expanse

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

78:7

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

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And the mountains as stakes

Waaljibala awtadan

78:8

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have created you in pairs

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have made your sleep as a rest

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have made the night a covering

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have made the day for seeking livelihood

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have builded over you seven strong heavens

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have set therein lamps glowing

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

78:14

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

78:15

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

So that We bring forth thereby corn and vegetation

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

78:16

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

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And gardens thick with trees

Wajannatin alfafan

78:17

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the mountains will have been removed away, and they will have become as mirage

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

78:21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily the Hell is an ambuscade

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

78:22

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

For the exorbitant a receptacle

Lilttagheena maaban

78:23

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

They will tarry therein for ages

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

78:24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

They will not taste therein cool or any drink

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

78:25

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Save scalding water and corruption

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

78:26

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Recompense fitted

Jazaan wifaqan

78:27

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And they belied Our revelations with strong belying

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

78:29

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And everything We have recorded in a book

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

78:30

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

78:31

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily for the God-fearing is an achievement

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

78:32

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Gardens enclosed and vineyards

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And full-breasted maidens of equal age

WakawaAAiba atraban

78:34

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And a cup overflowing

Waka/san dihaqan

78:35

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

They will hear therein no babble nor falsehood

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

78:36

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

A recompense from thy Lord-a gift sufficient

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

78:37

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

From the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of whatsoever is in bet-ween them, the Compassionate with Whom they can demand not audience

Rabbi alssamawati waal-ardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

78:38

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

On the Day whereon the spirits and the angels will stand arrayed, they will not be able to speak save him whom the Compassionate giveth leave and who speaketh aright

Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmala-ikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

78:39

ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ فَمَن شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا

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That is the Sure Day. Whosoever therefore willeth, let him betake Unto his Lord a resort

Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

78:40

إِنَّا أَنذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَابًا

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily We! We have warned you of a torment nigh at hand, a Day whereon a man shall behold that which his hands have sent forth, and the infidel will say: would that I were dust

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

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