The Tidings, The Announcement — Yusuf Ali Orig 1938 Translation

78:1

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Concerning what are they disputing

AAamma yatasaaloona

78:2

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Concerning the Great News

AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

78:3

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

About which they cannot agree

Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

78:4

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Verily, they shall soon (come to) know

Kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know

Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

78:6

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse

Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

78:7

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the mountains as pegs

Waaljibala awtadan

78:8

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And (have We not) created you in pairs

Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And made your sleep for rest

WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And made the night as a covering

WajaAAalna allayla libasan

78:11

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And made the day as a means of subsistence

WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

78:12

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

78:13

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour

WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

78:14

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance

Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

78:15

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables

Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

78:16

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And gardens of luxurious growth

Wajannatin alfafan

78:17

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed

Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

78:19

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors

Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

78:20

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

78:21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Truly Hell is as a place of ambush

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

78:22

لِّلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

For the transgressors a place of destination

Lilttagheena maaban

78:23

لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

They will dwell therein for ages

Labitheena feeha ahqaban

78:24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink

La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

78:25

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold

Illa hameeman waghassaqan

78:26

جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

A fitting recompense (for them)

Jazaan wifaqan

78:27

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds)

Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

78:28

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false

Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

78:29

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And all things have We preserved on record

Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

78:30

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

78:31

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires

Inna lilmuttaqeena mafazan

78:32

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Gardens enclosed, and grapevines

Hada-iqa waaAAnaban

78:33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Companions of equal age

WakawaAAiba atraban

78:34

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And a cup full (to the brim)

Waka/san dihaqan

78:35

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth:

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala kiththaban

78:36

جَزَاءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient

Jazaan min rabbika AAataan hisaban

78:37

رَّبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (God) Most Gracious: None shall have 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

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (God) Most Gracious, and He will 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

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return 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

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!"

Inna antharnakum AAathaban qareeban yawma yanthuru almaro ma qaddamat yadahu wayaqoolu alkafiru ya laytanee kuntu turaban

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