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النَّبَأ

Ahmed Hulusi

Surah 78. The Tidings, The Announcement (an-Naba`)

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1 The Day of Decision
78:1 ›
عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Ahmed Hulusi
What are they questioning?
AAamma yatasaaloona
78:2 ›
عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ
Ahmed Hulusi
The mighty news (regarding life after death)?
AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi
78:3 ›
الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Ahmed Hulusi
Over this, they are in disagreement.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
78:4 ›
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Ahmed Hulusi
But no! Soon (when they die) they will know (that it is not like what they think)!
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:5 ›
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Ahmed Hulusi
Again, no! Soon they will know (it is not like what they think)!
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:6 ›
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Did We not make the earth (the body) a cradle (a temporary place in which you can grow and develop yourselves)?
Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan
78:7 ›
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And the mountains (the organs in the body) as stakes.
Waaljibala awtadan
78:8 ›
وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And created you as partners (consciousness – body).
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
78:9 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And made sleep a means for rest.
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
78:10 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And the night a blanket.
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
78:11 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And made the day for livelihood.
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
78:12 ›
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And constructed seven strong (heavens) above you (the system with seven orbits – the dimension of consciousness).
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
78:13 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And a luminous lamp (Sun – intellect).
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
78:14 ›
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And disclosed pouring water from the rain clouds.
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
78:15 ›
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
Ahmed Hulusi
So that We may produce therein grain and vegetation.
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
78:16 ›
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Gardens within gardens!
Wajannatin alfafan
78:17 ›
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, that time (of sorting and separating) is an appointed time.
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
78:18 ›
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Ahmed Hulusi
The Horn will be blown at that time and you will come forth in groups.
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan
78:19 ›
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
The heaven will open and become gateways (consciousness will be opened to perception without the bodily senses).
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
78:20 ›
وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And mountains will be made to vanish as if they were a mirage (the limitations of the organs are removed).
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
78:21 ›
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, Hell has become a place of passage (everyone will pass from it).
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
78:22 ›
لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا
Ahmed Hulusi
A place of settlement for the transgressors (the wrongdoers who failed to protect themselves according to the sunnatullah).
Lilttagheena maaban
78:23 ›
لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
To remain therein for a very long time!
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
78:24 ›
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
They will not taste therein any coolness or a delightful drink!
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
78:25 ›
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Only boiling water and pus!
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
78:26 ›
جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
Ahmed Hulusi
As the direct result of their deeds!
Jazaan wifaqan
78:27 ›
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, they did not expect (to be called to) account (for their lives)!
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
78:28 ›
وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
They persistently denied Our signs within their beings!
Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban
78:29 ›
وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
But We have recorded everything in detail!
Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban
2 The Day of Decision
78:30 ›
فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
So taste it, never We will increase you in anything except suffering!
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
78:31 ›
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, there is an attainment for the protected ones.
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
78:32 ›
حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Gardens and grapevines... (Remember that all descriptions pertaining to Paradise are metaphoric expressions.)
Hada-iqa waaAAnaban
78:33 ›
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
Magnificent partners of equal age! (Magnificently capacitated bodies bearing the qualities of that dimension of existence, without the concept of gender, formed to manifest the qualities of the Names emanating from the essence of the individual consciousness... Note again, without any differentiation of gender! Allah knows best.)
WakawaAAiba atraban
78:34 ›
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
Ahmed Hulusi
And cups that are full!
Waka/san dihaqan
78:35 ›
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
They will hear neither baseless speech therein nor any falsehood.
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
78:36 ›
جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
As respite from your Rabb, an endowment for their deeds!
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
78:37 ›
رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Ahmed Hulusi
He is the Rabb of the heavens, the earth and everything in between; He is the Rahman! The One of whom no one has the authority to speak.
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
Ahmed Hulusi
At that time the Spirit (the single reality of the Names that manifests in the consciousness of all humans) and the angels will stand in rows. None will be able to speak, except for whom the Rahman has given permission (allowed his natural disposition). And he will speak the truth.
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
Ahmed Hulusi
This is the time of the Truth! Then, whoever wills may take a way to his Rabb!
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
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, we have warned you of a close suffering (caused by the realization of the Truth through the experience of death)! On that day, man will observe what his hands have put forth, and those who denied the knowledge of the reality will say “Oh, how I wish I was made of dust!”
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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Surah
The Tidings, The Announcement
Verses
40
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
65

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  1. 1 The Day of Decision Ayat 1 – 29
  2. 2 The Day of Decision Ayat 30 – 40

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