The Tidings, The Announcement — Ahmed Ali Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Day of Decision

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

OF WHAT ARE they asking one another

AAamma yatasaaloona

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

(Is it) of the great announcemen

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

About which they have been differing

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Indeed they will come to know soon

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

They will indeed come to know soon

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

Did We not make the earth a spreading

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

The mountains tent-pins

Waaljibala awtadan

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

We created you in pairs

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

And made sleep for you to rest

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

The night a covering

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

And the day for seeking livelihood

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

We raised over you several secure (skies)

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

And placed a lamp therein brightly burning

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrent

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

That We may produce from it grain and vegetation

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs

Wajannatin alfafan

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Certainly Hell lies in wait

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

The rebels' abode

Lilttagheena maaban

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

Where they will remain for aeons

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drin

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Except boiling water and benumbing cold

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

, A fitting reward

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

They were those who did not expect a reckoning

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

And rejected Our signs as lies

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

We have kept account of everything in a book

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

2 The Day of Decision

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

As for those who preserve themselves from evil and follow the straight path, there is attainment for them

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

Orchards and vineyards

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

And graceful maidens of the same age

WakawaAAiba atraban

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

And flasks full and flowing

Waka/san dihaqan

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

They will hear no blasphemies there or disavowals

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

A recompense from your Lord, a sufficient gift

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all that lies between them, most benevolent, to whom none may dare address a word

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

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

The day the Spirit takes its stand, with the angels ranged in rows. None will speak except who is permitted by Ar-Rahman and says what is right

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

ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ فَمَن شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا

That day is certain. So whosoever likes may prepare a way to his Lord

Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

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

We have indeed warned you of a calamity near at hand, a day when man will see what he had sent (of his deeds) ahead, and the unbeliever will say: "Woe alas. Ah 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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