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النَّبَأ

Ali Ünal

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

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1 The Day of Decision
78:1 ›
عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Ali Ünal
What are they asking each other about
AAamma yatasaaloona
78:2 ›
عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ
Ali Ünal
About the awesome tidings
AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi
78:3 ›
الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
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About which they are in disagreement
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
78:4 ›
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Ali Ünal
No indeed! (They have no need to disagree or question one another about it:) Soon they will come to know
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:5 ›
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Ali Ünal
Again, no indeed! Soon they will come to know
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:6 ›
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
Ali Ünal
Have We not made the earth as a cradle
Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan
78:7 ›
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Ali Ünal
And the mountains as masts
Waaljibala awtadan
78:8 ›
وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
Ali Ünal
And We have created you in pairs
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
78:9 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
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And We have made your sleep for rest
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
78:10 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
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And We have made the night as a cloak (covering both you and the world)
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
78:11 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
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And We have made the day for seeking livelihood
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
78:12 ›
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
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And We have built above you seven firm heavens
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
78:13 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
Ali Ünal
And We have set up (therein) a lamp blazing and resplendent
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
78:14 ›
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا
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And We send down out of the rain-clouds water in abundance
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
78:15 ›
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
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So that We may produce with it grain and plants
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
78:16 ›
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Ali Ünal
And gardens dense and luxuriant
Wajannatin alfafan
78:17 ›
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
Ali Ünal
Now assuredly, the Day of Judgment and Distinction is a time appointed (as the result of all that takes place in this world)
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
78:18 ›
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
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The Day when the Trumpet is blown and you all come forth in hosts
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan
78:19 ›
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا
Ali Ünal
And the heaven is opened (for the descent of angels), and becomes as if gates (so that the world of angels and the world of humankind join each other)
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
78:20 ›
وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
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And the mountains are set in motion and so become as if they had never existed
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
78:21 ›
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
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Surely Hell lies as a place for surveillance
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
78:22 ›
لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا
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For the (disbelieving) rebellious, (and) a destined home (which they prepared for themselves while in the world)
Lilttagheena maaban
78:23 ›
لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
Ali Ünal
Wherein they will remain for ages
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
78:24 ›
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Ali Ünal
There they will taste neither coolness nor any drink
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
78:25 ›
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
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Except boiling water and pus
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
78:26 ›
جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
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As a recompense fitting (for their sins)
Jazaan wifaqan
78:27 ›
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Ali Ünal
For they used not to expect to be called to account (for their deeds)
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
78:28 ›
وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
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And denied Our Revelations (and all Our other signs in the universe) with willful, obstinate denial
Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban
78:29 ›
وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا
Ali Ünal
And every thing (that they did) We wrote down as a record
Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban
2 The Day of Decision
78:30 ›
فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Ali Ünal
So: "Taste (the fruit of your deeds), and We will not increase you except in suffering."
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
78:31 ›
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Ali Ünal
For the God-revering, pious there will surely be triumph
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
78:32 ›
حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
Ali Ünal
Gardens and vineyards
Hada-iqa waaAAnaban
78:33 ›
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
Ali Ünal
And youthful, full-breasted maidens of equal age
WakawaAAiba atraban
78:34 ›
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
Ali Ünal
And a cup full to the brim
Waka/san dihaqan
78:35 ›
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا
Ali Ünal
They will hear therein neither vain talk nor falsehood
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
78:36 ›
جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا
Ali Ünal
(All this as) a reward from your Lord, a gift according to (His) reckoning in full satisfaction
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
78:37 ›
رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Ali Ünal
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and (all) that is between them, the All-Merciful. No one will have the power to address Him
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
Ali Ünal
On that Day the Spirit and the angels stand in ranks. No one will speak except him whom the All-Merciful allows, and he speaks what is right
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
Ali Ünal
That Day (of Judgment) is the Day absolutely true (on which the truth will prevail). So whoever wills, then, let him take a way of return to his Lord
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
Ali Ünal
We have surely warned you against a punishment near at hand. On that Day a person will look at what he has forwarded (from the world) with his own hands, and the unbeliever will say: "Oh, would that I were mere dust (instead of being a responsible being with consciousness and free will)!"
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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