The Tidings, The Announcement — N J Dawood 2014 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Day of Decision

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

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ABOUT WHAT are they asking

AAamma yatasaaloona

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

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About the fateful tidings ―

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

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the theme of their disputes

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

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But they shall learn

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

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then they shall surely learn

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

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Did We not spread the earth like a bed

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

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and raise the mountains like supporting pillars

Waaljibala awtadan

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

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We created you in pairs

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

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and gave you rest in sleep

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

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We made the night a mantle

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

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and ordained the day for work

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

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We built above you seven mighty heaven

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

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and placed in them a glowing lamp

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

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We sent down abundant water from the clouds

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

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to bringing forth grain and varied plants

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

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and gardens thick with foliage

Wajannatin alfafan

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

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Fixed is the Day of Judgement

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

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On that day the Trumpet shall be blown, and you shall come in multitudes

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

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The gates of heaven shall swing Open

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

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and the mountains shall pass away into a mirage

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

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Hell will lie in ambush

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

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a home for the transgressors

Lilttagheena maaban

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

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Therein shall they abide long ages

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

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therein they shall taste neither refreshment nor any drink

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

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save scalding water and decaying filth

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

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a fitting recompense

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

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They never expected a reckoning

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

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and roundly denied Our revelations

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

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But We kept account of what they did and wrote it down

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

2 The Day of Decision

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

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So taste this: for We shall give you nothing but mounting torment!‘

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

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As for the righteous, there shall surely be a triumph

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

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gardens and vineyards

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

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and tender-bosomed maidens for companions

WakawaAAiba atraban

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

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a truly overflowing cup

Waka/san dihaqan

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

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Therein shall they hear no idle talk, nor any falsehood

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

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Such is the recompense of your Lord ― a gift that will suffice them

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

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the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them; the Merciful, from whom they have no power to speak

Rabbi alssamawati waal-ardi wama baynahuma alrrahmani la yamlikoona minhu khitaban

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

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On the day when the Spirit and the angels stand up in their ranks, they shall not speak; except him who shall receive the sanction of the Merciful and declare what is right

Yawma yaqoomu alrroohu waalmala-ikatu saffan la yatakallamoona illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waqala sawaban

ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ فَمَن شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا

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That day is sure to come. Let him who will, seek a way back to his Lord

Thalika alyawmu alhaqqu faman shaa ittakhatha ila rabbihi maaban

إِنَّا أَنذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَابًا

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We have forewarned you of an imminent scourge: The day when man will look upon his works and the unbeliever say: ‘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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