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النَّبَأ

Samy Mahdy

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

40 verses Meccan
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1 The Day of Decision
78:1 ›
عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Samy Mahdy
About what, they are asking?
AAamma yatasaaloona
78:2 ›
عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ
Samy Mahdy
About the Great Important News.
AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi
78:3 ›
الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Samy Mahdy
Which they are in it, disagreeing.
Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona
78:4 ›
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Samy Mahdy
Nay, they will know.
Kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:5 ›
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Samy Mahdy
Then Nay, they will know.
Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona
78:6 ›
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
Samy Mahdy
Did We not set up the earth as bedding?
Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan
78:7 ›
وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
Samy Mahdy
And the mountains as pegs?
Waaljibala awtadan
78:8 ›
وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
Samy Mahdy
And We created you in pairs?
Wakhalaqnakum azwajan
78:9 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
Samy Mahdy
And We set up your sleep a Repose?
WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan
78:10 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
Samy Mahdy
And We set up the night as apparel?
WajaAAalna allayla libasan
78:11 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
Samy Mahdy
And We set up the daytime as a livelihood activity?
WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan
78:12 ›
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
Samy Mahdy
And We built above you seven strong (Skies)?
Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan
78:13 ›
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
Samy Mahdy
And We set up a glowing lamp?
WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan
78:14 ›
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا
Samy Mahdy
And We sent down from the rainy clouds, heavy pouring water?
Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan
78:15 ›
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
Samy Mahdy
We bring out grains and plants by it.
Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan
78:16 ›
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Samy Mahdy
And thick foliage paradises?
Wajannatin alfafan
78:17 ›
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
Samy Mahdy
Surely, the decisive adjudication day is an appointed time.
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan
78:18 ›
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Samy Mahdy
On a Day when the Trumpet is blown, so you come in cohorts.
Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan
78:19 ›
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا
Samy Mahdy
And the sky was opened up, so it was doors.
Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban
78:20 ›
وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Samy Mahdy
And the mountains were moved, so they were a mirage.
Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban
78:21 ›
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Samy Mahdy
Surely, Gohanam (Hell) was an observatory lookout.
Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
78:22 ›
لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا
Samy Mahdy
For the tyrants a place of return.
Lilttagheena maaban
78:23 ›
لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
Samy Mahdy
They are tarrying therein for time periods.
Labitheena feeha ahqaban
78:24 ›
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Samy Mahdy
They will not taste therein neither coolness, nor drink.
La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban
78:25 ›
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Samy Mahdy
Except scalding water, and purulence.
Illa hameeman waghassaqan
78:26 ›
جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
Samy Mahdy
A compatible penalty.
Jazaan wifaqan
78:27 ›
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Samy Mahdy
Surely, they were not expecting a reckoning.
Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban
78:28 ›
وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Samy Mahdy
And they falsified with Our verses, a falsification.
Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban
78:29 ›
وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا
Samy Mahdy
And everything We have enumerated in a written book.
Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban
2 The Day of Decision
78:30 ›
فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Samy Mahdy
So, taste! We will not increase you except for torment.
Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban
78:31 ›
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Samy Mahdy
Surely for the pious, a winning.
Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan
78:32 ›
حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
Samy Mahdy
Gardens and grapevines.
Hada-iqa waaAAnaban
78:33 ›
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
Samy Mahdy
And girls (Have beautiful breasts), are equal in age.
WakawaAAiba atraban
78:34 ›
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
Samy Mahdy
And a goblet is overflowing.
Waka/san dihaqan
78:35 ›
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا
Samy Mahdy
They will not hear therein neither chatter, nor lies.
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban
78:36 ›
جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا
Samy Mahdy
Award from your Lord, a reckoning grant.
Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban
78:37 ›
رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
Samy Mahdy
Lord of the skies and the earth, and whatever between them, Al-Rahman (The Widely merciful), they have not owned from Him a Speech.
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
Samy Mahdy
On a Day when the Spirit and the angels stand in row. They will not speak, except whom Al-Rahman (The Widely merciful) has permitted for him, and he said the correct.
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
Samy Mahdy
That is the right Day. So, whoever wills, takes to his Lord a place of return.
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
Samy Mahdy
Surely, We have warned you of a near torment, on a Day when a person will observe what his hands have forwarded, and the infidel will say, “O, I wish I was dust.”
Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban
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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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