The Tidings
78:1
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
What are they asking (one another) about?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:2
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
About the great news, (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism, the Qur’ân, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:3
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
About which they are in disagreement.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:4
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, they will come to know!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:5
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, again, they will come to know!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:6
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:7
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And the mountains as pegs?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:8
وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:9
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:10
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:11
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And We have made the day for livelihood.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:12
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:13
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:14
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:15
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:16
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
And gardens of thick growth.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:17
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:18
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:19
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:20
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:21
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:22
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
A dwelling place for the Tâghûn (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allâh like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:23
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
They will abide therein for ages.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:24
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:25
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:26
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:27
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:28
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
But they belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:29
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:30
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:31
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Verily, for the Muttaqûn, there will be a success (Paradise);
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:32
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا
Gardens and vineyards,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:33
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:34
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
And a full cup (of wine).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:35
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:36
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:37
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:38
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
The Day that Ar-Rûh [Jibrîl (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allâh) allows, and he will speak what is right.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:39
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
78:40
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
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