The Tidings, The Announcement — Bilal Muhammad 2018 Translation

78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Concerning what they are disputing

AAamma yatasaaloona

78:2

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Concerning the great announcement

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

78:3

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

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About which they cannot agree

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

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Indeed they will soon come to know

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

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Again, indeed they will soon come to know

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:6

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

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Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

78:7

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

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And the mountains as pegs

Waaljibala awtadan

78:8

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

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And created you mates

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

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And made your sleep for rest

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

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And made the night as a covering

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

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And made the day as a means of subsistence

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

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And built over you the seven firmaments

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

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And placed a light of splendor

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

78:14

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

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And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

78:15

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

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That We may produce with it grains and vegetables

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

78:16

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

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And gardens of luxurious growth

Wajannatin alfafan

78:17

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

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Indeed the day of sorting out is a thing appointed

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

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The day the trumpet will be sounded, and you will come forth in crowds

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

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And the heavens will be opened as if there were doors

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

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And the mountains will vanish, as if they were a mirage

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

78:21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

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Truly hell is a place of ambush

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

78:22

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

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For the transgressors a place of destination

Lilttagheena maaban

78:23

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

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They will dwell therein for ages

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

78:24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

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Nothing cool will they taste therein, nor any drink

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

78:25

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

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Except a boiling fluid, and a fluid dark, murky, intensely cold

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

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Because they feared not any account for their deeds

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

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And they treated Our signs as false

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

78:29

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

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All things have We preserved on record

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

78:30

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

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So taste this, for no increase will We grant you, except in punishment

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

78:31

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

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Indeed for the righteous there will be a fulfillment of their desires

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

78:32

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

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Gardens enclosed, and grapevines

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

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Companions of equal age

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

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No vanity will they hear therein, nor lies

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

78:36

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

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Reward from your Lord, a gift sufficient

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

78:37

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

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From the Guardian Evolver of the heavens and the earth, and all between. God, the Merciful Benefactor, none will have power to argue with 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

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The day the Spirit and the Angels will stand forth in ranks. None will speak except those permitted by God, the Merciful Benefactor, and he will say what is true

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 day will be the true reality. Therefore, whoever wills, let him anticipate the 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

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Indeed, We have warned you of a penalty near, the day when humanity will see that which their hands have sent forth, and the unbeliever will say, “Oh my God, I wish that I were mere dust.

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

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