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النَّبَأ

Hamid S. Aziz

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

40 verses Meccan
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1 The Day of Decision
78:1 ›
عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Hamid S. Aziz
Of what do they question one another
AAamma yatasaaloona
78:2 ›
عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ
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About the Great News
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
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Verily, they shall soon come to kno
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:5 ›
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
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Verily, verily, they shall soon come to know
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:6 ›
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
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Have We not made the earth an expanse
Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan
78:7 ›
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
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And the mountains as projections (thereon)
Waaljibala awtadan
78:8 ›
وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
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And created you in pairs
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
78:9 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
Hamid S. Aziz
And made your sleep for rest
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
78:10 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
Hamid S. Aziz
And made the night to be a covering
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
78:11 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
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And made the day for livelihood and activity
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
78:12 ›
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
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And made above you seven firmaments (heavens)
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
78:13 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
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And placed therein a shining lamp (the Sun)
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 bring forth thereby corn and vegetable
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
78:16 ›
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا
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And gardens dense and luxuriant
Wajannatin alfafan
78:17 ›
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely the Day of Decision (or Sorting ) is a thing appointed
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
78:18 ›
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
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The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan
78:19 ›
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا
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And the heaven shall be opened as if it were all doors
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
78:20 ›
وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
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And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
78:21 ›
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely hell lies in ambush
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
78:22 ›
لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا
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A destination for those who transgress the bounds
Lilttagheena maaban
78:23 ›
لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
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Abiding therein for ages
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
78:24 ›
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
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They shall not taste therein anything cool nor drin
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
78:25 ›
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
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But boiling and intensely cold water
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
78:26 ›
جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
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Requital corresponding (or proportional to their state)
Jazaan wifaqan
78:27 ›
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely they feared not the account
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
78:28 ›
وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
And called Our revelations a lie with strong denial
Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban
78:29 ›
وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
And We have preserved all things in a Record
Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban
2 The Day of Decision
78:30 ›
فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
"So taste you (the fruits of your deeds)! For We will not add to you aught but torment
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
78:31 ›
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely for the righteous is achievement (or success, self-fulfilment)
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
78:32 ›
حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
Gardens and vineyards
Hada-iqa waaAAnaban
78:33 ›
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
And those showing freshness of youth, equals in age
WakawaAAiba atraban
78:34 ›
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
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And a pure cup
Waka/san dihaqan
78:35 ›
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
78:36 ›
جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to reckoning (or sufficient)
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
78:37 ›
رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Hamid S. Aziz
From the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, with whom none can argue
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
Hamid S. Aziz
The day on which the Spirit and the angels shall stand arrayed; they speak not except him whom the Beneficent permits and who speaks aright
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
Hamid S. Aziz
That is the Day of Certain Reality, so whoever desires may take refuge with 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
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely We have warned you of a doom near at hand: the day when man shall see that which his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say, "O! 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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Surah Info

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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