The Tidings, The Announcement — John Medows Rodwell Translation

78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

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Of what ask they of one another

AAamma yatasaaloona

78:2

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

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Of the great NEWS

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

78:3

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

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The theme of their disputes

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

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Nay! they shall certainly knows its truth

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

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Again. Nay! they shall certainly know it

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:6

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

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Have we not made the Earth a couch

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

78:7

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

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And the mountains its tent-stakes

Waaljibala awtadan

78:8

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

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We have created you of two sexes

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

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And ordained your sleep for rest

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

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And ordained the night as a mantle

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

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And ordained the day for gaining livelihood

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

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And built above you seven solid heavens

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

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And placed therein a burning lamp

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

78:14

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

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And we send down water in abundance from the rain-clouds

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

78:15

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

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That we may bring forth by it corn and herbs

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

78:16

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

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And gardens thick with trees

Wajannatin alfafan

78:17

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

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Lo! the day of Severance is fixed

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

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The day when there shall be a blast on the trumpet, and ye shall come in crowds

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

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And the heaven shall be opened and be full of portals

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

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And the mountains shall be set in motion, and melt into thin vapour

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

78:21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

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Hell truly shall be a place of snares

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

78:22

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

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The home of transgressors

Lilttagheena maaban

78:23

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

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To abide therein ages

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

78:24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

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No coolness shall they taste therein nor any drink

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

78:25

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

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Save boiling water and running sores

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

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For they looked not forward to their account

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

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And they gave the lie to our signs, charging them with falsehood

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

78:29

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

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But we noted and wrote down all

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

78:30

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

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"Taste this then: and we will give you increase of nought but torment."

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

78:31

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

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But, for the God-fearing is a blissful abode

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

78:32

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

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Enclosed gardens and vineyards

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

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And damsels with swelling breasts, their peers in age

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

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There shall they hear no vain discourse nor any falsehood

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

78:36

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

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A recompense from thy Lord-sufficing gift!

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

78:37

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

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Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that between them lieth - the God of Mercy! But not a word shall they obtain from 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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On the day whereon the Spirit and the Angels shall be ranged in order, they shall not speak: save he whom the God of Mercy shall permit, and who shall say that which 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

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This is the sure day. Whoso then will, let him take the path 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

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Verily, we warn you of a chastisement close at hand: The day on which a man shall see the deeds which his hands have sent before him; and when the unbeliever shall say, "Oh! would I were dust!"

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

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

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