Surah An-Naba'

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 78:1 ▶

   عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿١﴾

   ʿamma yatasā'alūn

   About what are they asking one another?

2. 78:2 ▶

   عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٢﴾

   ʿani n-naba'i l-ʿaẓīm

   About the great news -

   i.e., the Resurrection.

3. 78:3 ▶

   ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   alladhī hum fīhi mukhtalifūn

   That over which they are in disagreement.

4. 78:4 ▶

   كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   kallā sayaʿlamūn

   No! They are going to know.

5. 78:5 ▶

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٥﴾

   thumma kallā sayaʿlamūn

   Then, no! They are going to know.

6. 78:6 ▶

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا ﴿٦﴾

   alam najʿali l-arḍa mihādā

   Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7. 78:7 ▶

   وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ﴿٧﴾

   wal-jibāla 'awtādā

   And the mountains as stakes?

   To stabilize the land and balance the earth.

8. 78:8 ▶

   وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ﴿٨﴾

   wakhalaqnākum 'azwājā

   And We created you in pairs

9. 78:9 ▶

   وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا ﴿٩﴾

   wajaʿalnā nawmakum subātā

   And made your sleep [a means for] rest

10. 78:10 ▶

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا ﴿١٠﴾

    wajaʿalna llayla libāsā

    And made the night as clothing

    Covering you in darkness and providing rest.

11. 78:11 ▶

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا ﴿١١﴾

    wajaʿalna n-nahāra maʿāshā

    And made the day for livelihood

12. 78:12 ▶

    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا ﴿١٢﴾

    wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādā

    And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

13. 78:13 ▶

    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا ﴿١٣﴾

    wajaʿalnā sirājaw wahhājā

    And made [therein] a burning lamp

14. 78:14 ▶

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا ﴿١٤﴾

    wa'anzalnā mina l-muʿṣirāti mā'an thajjājā

    And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

15. 78:15 ▶

    لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا ﴿١٥﴾

    linukhrija bihī ḥabbaw wanabātā

    That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

16. 78:16 ▶

    وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ﴿١٦﴾

    wajannātin 'alfāfā

    And gardens of entwined growth.

17. 78:17 ▶

    إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا ﴿١٧﴾

    inna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātā

    Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

18. 78:18 ▶

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا ﴿١٨﴾

    yawma yunfakhu fi ṣ-ṣūri fata'tūna 'afwājā

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

19. 78:19 ▶

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا ﴿١٩﴾

    wafutiḥati s-samā'u fakānat 'abwābā

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

20. 78:20 ▶

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ﴿٢٠﴾

    wasuyyirati l-jibālu fakānat sarābā

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

21. 78:21 ▶

    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا ﴿٢١﴾

    inna jahannama kānat mirṣādā

    Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

22. 78:22 ▶

    لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا ﴿٢٢﴾

    liṭ-ṭāghīna ma'ābā

    For the transgressors, a place of return,

23. 78:23 ▶

    لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا ﴿٢٣﴾

    lābithīna fīhā 'aḥqābā

    In which they will remain for ages [unending].

24. 78:24 ▶

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا ﴿٢٤﴾

    lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardaw walā sharābā

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

25. 78:25 ▶

    إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا ﴿٢٥﴾

    illā ḥamīmaw waghassāqā

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

26. 78:26 ▶

    جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا ﴿٢٦﴾

    jazā'aw wifāqā

    An appropriate recompense.

    In proportion to and comparable with their crimes.

27. 78:27 ▶

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا ﴿٢٧﴾

    innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisābā

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

28. 78:28 ▶

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا ﴿٢٨﴾

    wakadhdhabū bi'āyātinā kidhdhābā

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29. 78:29 ▶

    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا ﴿٢٩﴾

    wakulla shay'in 'aḥṣaynāhu kitābā

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

30. 78:30 ▶

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ﴿٣٠﴾

    fadhūqū falan nazīdakum 'illā ʿadhābā

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

    This announcement will be made to the companions of Hell.

31. 78:31 ▶

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ﴿٣١﴾

    inna lil-muttaqīna mafāzā

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

    Of security, success and reward, including escape and safety from Hell.

32. 78:32 ▶

    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا ﴿٣٢﴾

    ḥadā'iqa wa'aʿnābā

    Gardens and grapevines

33. 78:33 ▶

    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا ﴿٣٣﴾

    wakawāʿiba 'atrābā

    And young women [companions] of equal age.

34. 78:34 ▶

    وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا ﴿٣٤﴾

    waka'san dihāqā

    And a full cup.

    Of wine which is delicious and does not intoxicate.

35. 78:35 ▶

    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا ﴿٣٥﴾

    lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwaw walā kidhdhābā

    No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

36. 78:36 ▶

    جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا ﴿٣٦﴾

    jazā'am mir rabbika ʿaṭā'an ḥisābā

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

    i.e., as a result of both their own righteous deeds and the limitless generosity of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā). Another meaning is "a gift calculated [to be adequate]."

37. 78:37 ▶

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا ﴿٣٧﴾

    rabbi s-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahuma r-raḥmāni lā yamlikūna minhu khiṭābā

    [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.

    None of Allāh's creatures can plead with Him on the Day of Judgement except by His permission.

38. 78:38 ▶

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا ﴿٣٨﴾

    yawma yaqūmu r-rūḥu wal-malā'ikatu ṣaffā | lā yatakallamūna 'illā man 'adhina lahu r-raḥmānu waqāla ṣawābā

    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.

39. 78:39 ▶

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ﴿٣٩﴾

    dhālika l-yawmu l-ḥaqq | faman shā'a ttakhadha 'ilā rabbihī ma'ābā

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

    i.e., a direct route through correct beliefs and righteous deeds.

40. 78:40 ▶

    إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ﴿٤٠﴾

    innā 'andharnākum ʿadhāban qarībay yawma yanẓuru l-mar'u mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlu l-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turābā

    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!"

    i.e., the deeds he did in this world, which await him in the Hereafter.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.