The Tidings, The Announcement — Aisha Bewley Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Day of Decision

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

About what are they asking one another?

AAamma yatasaaloona

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

About the momentous news:

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

the thing about which they differ.

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

No indeed! They will soon know!

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Again, no indeed! They will soon know!

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

Have We not made the earth a flat carpet

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

and the mountains its pegs?

Waaljibala awtadan

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

We have created you in pairs.

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

We made your sleep a break.

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

We made the night a cloak.

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

We made the day for earning a living.

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

We built seven firm layers above you.

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

We installed a blazing lamp.

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

We sent down cascading water from the clouds

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

so that by it We might bring forth grains and plants

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

and luxuriant gardens.

Wajannatin alfafan

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

The Day of Decision is a fixed appointment:

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

the Day the Trumpet is blown and you come in droves,

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

and heaven is opened and becomes doorways,

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

and the mountains are shifted and become a mirage.

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Hell lies in wait —

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

a homecoming for the profligate

Lilttagheena maaban

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

remaining in it for countless aeons,

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

not tasting any coolness there or any drink,

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

except for boiling water and scalding pus —

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

a fitting recompense.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

They did not expect to have a reckoning

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

and utterly denied Our Signs.

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

We have recorded all things in writing.

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

2 The Day of Decision

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

So taste! We will increase you only in punishment.

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

For those who have taqwa there is triumph:

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

Gardens and grape vines,

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

and nubile maidens of similar age,

WakawaAAiba atraban

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

and an overflowing cup,

Waka/san dihaqan

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

where they will hear no prattle and no denial,

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

a recompense from your Lord, a commensurate gift.

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

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

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

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.

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 will be the True Day. So whoever wills should take the way back 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 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!´

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

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