The Tidings, The Announcement — Sayyid Qutb Transcription In Progress Translation

78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

About what are they asking?

AAamma yatasaaloona

78:2

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

About the fateful tiding

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

78:3

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

on which they dispute.

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

No indeed; they shall certainly know!

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Again, no indeed; they shall certainly know!

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:6

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Have We not spread and levelled the earth,

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

78:7

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and made the mountains as pegs?

Waaljibala awtadan

78:8

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

We created you in pairs,

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and made your sleep a cessation of activity.

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

We made the night a mantle,

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and appointed the day for gaining a livelihood.

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

We built above you seven mighty ones,

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and placed therein a blazing lamp.

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

78:14

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

We send down out of the rain- clouds water in abundance,

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

78:15

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

by which We bring forth grain and varied plants,

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

78:16

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and gardens thick with trees.

Wajannatin alfafan

78:17

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Fixed is the Day of Decision.

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

On that day the Trumpet is blown and you shall come in crowds,

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and heaven is opened, and becomes gates,

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and the mountains are made to move away, and seem to have been a mirage.

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

78:21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Hell stands as a vigilant watch guard,

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

78:22

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

a home for the tyrants and the transgressors.

Lilttagheena maaban

78:23

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Therein they shall abide for ages,

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

78:24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

tasting neither coolness nor any drink,

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

78:25

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

except boiling fluid and decaying filth:

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

78:26

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

a fitting recompense.

Jazaan wifaqan

78:27

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

They did not expect to be faced with a reckoning,

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and roundly denied Our revelations.

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

78:29

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

But We have placed on record every single thing,

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

78:30

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

[and We shall say]: 'Taste this, then; the only increase you shall have is increase of torment.'

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

78:31

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

The God-fearing shall have a place of security,

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

78:32

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

gardens and vineyards,

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and high-bosomed maidens, of equal age, for companions,

WakawaAAiba atraban

78:34

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and a cup overflowing.

Waka/san dihaqan

78:35

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

There they shall hear no idle talk, nor any falsehood.

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

78:36

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Such is the recompense of your Lord, a truly sufficient gift.

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

78:37

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Lord of the heavens and earth and all that lies between them, the Most Gracious, with whom they have no power to speak.

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

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

On the day when the Spirit and the angels stand in ranks, they shall not speak, except those to whom the Most Gracious has given leave, and who shall say what 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

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

That day is a certainty. Let him who will seek a way back 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

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

We have forewarned you of an imminent scourge, on the day when man will look on what his hands have forwarded and the unbeliever will cry: '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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