The Tidings, The Announcement — Maulana Muhammad Ali Translation

78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Of what do they ask one another

AAamma yatasaaloona

78:2

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Of the tremendous announcemen

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

78:3

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

About which they differ

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Nay, they will soon know

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Nay, again, they will soon know

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:6

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Have We not made the earth an expans

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

78:7

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the mountains as pegs

Waaljibala awtadan

78:8

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And we have created you in pairs

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And made your sleep for rest

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And made the night a covering

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And made the day for seeking livelihood

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We have made above you seven strong (bodies)

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And made a shining lamp

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

78:14

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth in abundance

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

78:15

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

That We may bring forth thereby grain and herbs

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

78:16

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And luxuriant gardens

Wajannatin alfafan

78:17

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely the day of Decision is appointed -

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The day when the trumpet is blown, so you come forth in hosts

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the heaven is opened so it becomes as doors

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the mountains are moved off, so they remain a semblance

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

78:21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely hell lies in wait

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

78:22

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

A resort for the inordinate

Lilttagheena maaban

78:23

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Living therein for long years

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

78:24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They taste not therein coolness nor drink

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

78:25

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But boiling and intensely cold water

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

78:26

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Requital corresponding

Jazaan wifaqan

78:27

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely they feared not the reckoning

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And rejected Our messages, giving the lie (thereto)

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

78:29

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We have recorded everything in a book

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

78:30

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So taste, for We shall add to you naught but chastisement

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

78:31

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely for those who keep their duty is achievement

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

78:32

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Gardens and vineyards

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And youthful (companions), equals in age

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They hear not therein vain words, nor lying -

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

78:36

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

A reward from thy Lord, a gift sufficient

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

78:37

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent, they are not able 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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The day when the spirit and the angels stand in ranks; none shall speak except he whom the Beneficent permits and he 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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

That is the True Day, 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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Truly We warn you of a chastisement near at hand -- the day when man will see what his hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will 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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