The Tidings, The Announcement — Linda Ilham Barto Translation

78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

Linda "iLham" Barto

About what are they asking one another?

AAamma yatasaaloona

78:2

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

Linda "iLham" Barto

[It is] the great news…

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

78:3

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

Linda "iLham" Barto

…concerning which they cannot agree?

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Linda "iLham" Barto

Absurd! But they will come to know [when it’s too late].

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Linda "iLham" Barto

Again: Absurd! They will come to know.

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:6

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

Have We not made the earth a wide expanse?

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

78:7

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Haven’t We made it] with mountains like anchors?

Waaljibala awtadan

78:8

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

We created you as pairs [male and female].

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[We] made your sleep for rest.

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[We made] the night as a quilt.

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[We made] the day with resources for living.

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

We established the seven layers [of Earth’s sky].

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[We] placed therein a splendid light [the sun].

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

78:14

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

We send from the clouds abundant water.

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

78:15

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[This is] so We may produce grain, other plants,…

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

78:16

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

…and luxurious gardens.

Wajannatin alfafan

78:17

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

Truly, the day of discernment has an appointed time.

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

That day the trumpet will sound, and you will come forth in congregations.

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

The skies will open as if there were doors.

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

The mountains will vanish as if they had only been a mirage.

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

78:21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

Truly, Hell is an ambush.

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

78:22

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

For the transgressors [it is] a destiny.

Lilttagheena maaban

78:23

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

They will dwell therein for ages.

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

78:24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

They won’t taste anything cool. [There will be] no drink…

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

78:25

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

…except scalding water, and paralyzing cold [like freezer burn].

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

78:26

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[That is] a fitting recompense…

Jazaan wifaqan

78:27

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

…because they never expected accountability.

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

They treated Our signs as false.

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

78:29

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

We have recorded everything in a book.

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

78:30

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

Taste! No gain will We grant you except in punishment.

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

78:31

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

Truly, for the righteous there will be success.

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

78:32

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[There will be] gardens and vineyards.

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[There will be] companions of similar age.

Each cup will be full.

Waka/san dihaqan

78:35

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

They will not hear any idle talk there and no lies.

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

78:36

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[It will be] a payment from your Lord, a sufficient gift.

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

78:37

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Linda "iLham" Barto

[It will be from] the Lord of the skies and Earth and all among them, the Most Gracious. No one will have the 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

Linda "iLham" Barto

The day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in ranks, none shall speak except any permitted by the Most Gracious, and each one will speak 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

Linda "iLham" Barto

That day will be the sure reality; therefore, anyone willing [to come to God] may return to his/her 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

Linda "iLham" Barto

Truly, We have warned you of an advancing penalty. [That will be] the day when humanity will see what his/her hands have incurred. The unbelievers 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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