An-Naba

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

ʻAMMA yatasaaaʹaloon?

About what are they asking one another?

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

ʻAnin Nabaʹil ʻAz̤̣eem,

About the great news -

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

ʹAllaẓee hum feehi mukhtalifoon.

That over which they are in disagreement.

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Kallaa sayaʻlamoon!

No! They are going to know.

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

S̤umma kallaa sayaʻlamoon!

Then, no! They are going to know.

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا

ʹAlam najʻalil ʹarḍa mihaadaa,

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

Wal-jibaala ʹawtaadaa,

And the mountains as stakes?

وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا

Wa-khalaq̣naakum ʹazwaajaa,

And We created you in pairs

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Wa-jaʻalnaa nawmakum subaataa;

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Wa-jaʻalnal layla libaasaa,

And made the night as clothing

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

Wa-jaʻalnan nahaara maʻaashaa?

And made the day for livelihood

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Wa-banaynaa fawq̣akum sab-ʻañ shi-daadaa,

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

Wa-jaʻalnaa Siraajañw wah-haajaa?

And made [therein] a burning lamp

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا

Wa-ʹañzalnaa minal muʻṣiraati maaa-ʹañ s̤ajjaajaa,

And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

Linukhrija bihee ḥabbañw wanabaataa,

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا

Wa-Jannaatin ʹalfaafaa?

And gardens of entwined growth.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا

ʹInna Yawmal Faṣli kaana meeq̣aataa,―

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

Yawma yuñ-fakhu fiṣ Ṣoori fataʹtoona ʹafwaajaa;

The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

Wa-futiḥa-tis samaaaʹu fakaanat ʹabwaabaa,

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

Wa-suyyi-ratil jibaalu fakaanat saraabaa.

And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

ʹInna Jahannama kaanat mirṣaadaa,―

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا

Liṭ-ṭaag̣eena maʹaabaa:

For the transgressors, a place of return,

لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا

Laa-bis̤eena feehaaa ʹaḥq̣aabaa.

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Laa- yaẓooq̣oona feehaa bar-dañw walaa- sharaabaa,

They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

ʹIllaa ḥameemañwwa g̣assaaq̣aa,―

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا

Jazaaaʹañw wifaaq̣aa.

An appropriate recompense.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

ʹInnahum kaanoo laa- yarjoona ḥisaabaa,

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Wa-kaẓẓaboo biʹAayaatinaa kiẓẓaabaa.

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا

Wa-kulla shayʹin ʹaḥṣaynaahu Kitaabaa,

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Faẓooq̣oo falan nazeedakum ʹil-laa ʻaẓaabaa.

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

ʹInna lil-Mutta-q̣eena mafaazaa;

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا

Ḥadaaaʹiq̣a wa-ʹaʻnaabaa;

Gardens and grapevines

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Wa-kawaaʻiba ʹatraabaa:

And young women [companions] of equal age.

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

Wa-kaʹsañ dihaaq̣aa.

And a full cup.

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا

Laa- yasmaʻoona feehaa lag̣wañw walaa- kiẓẓaabaa;

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا

Jazaaaʹam mir Rabbika ʻaṭaaaʹan ḥisaabaa,―

[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Rabbis samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi wa-maa baynahumar Raḥmaani laa- yam-likoona minhu khiṭaabaa.

[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

Yawma yaq̣oomur Rooḥu wal-malaaaʹikatu ṣaf-faa, laa- yatakallamoona ʹil-laa man ʹaẓina lahur Raḥmaanu wa-q̣aala ṣawaabaa.

The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

Ẓaalikal Yawmul Ḥaq̣q̣: famañ shaaaʹat takhaẓa ʹi-laa Rabbihee maʹaabaa!

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

ʹInnaaa ʹañẓarnaakum ʻAẓaabañ q̣areebaa,― Yawma yañ-z̤̣urul marʹu maa- q̣addamat yadaahu wa-yaq̣oolul kaafiru yaa-laytanee kuñtu turaabaa!

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"