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Sūra 78: Nabaa, or the Great News

Section 1 (1-30)

1. AAamma yatasaaloona

1. Concerning what are they disputing?


2. AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

2. Concerning the Great News,


3. Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3. About which they cannot agree.


4. Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4. Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!


5. Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

5. Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!


6. Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

6. Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,


7. Waaljibala awtadan

7. And the mountains as pegs?


8. Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8. And (have We not) created you in pairs,


9. WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9. And made your sleep for rest,


10. WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10. And made the night as a covering,


11. WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11. And made the day as a means of subsistence?


12. Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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


13. WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13. And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?


14. Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

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


15. Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15. That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,


16. Wajannatin alfafan

16. And gardens of luxurious growth?


17. Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

17. Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,


18. Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

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


19. Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19. And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,


20. Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

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


21. Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21. Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,


22. Lilttagheena maaban

22. For the transgressors a place of destination:


23. Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23. They will dwell therein for ages.


24. La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24. Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,


25. Illa hameeman waghassaqan

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


26. Jazaan wifaqan

26. A fitting recompense (for them).


27. Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

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


28. Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

28. But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.


29. Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

29. And all things have We preserved on record.


30. Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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


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