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About Surah An-Naba
An-Naba opens by asking what people are disputing about — "the great news," referring to the reality of resurrection that many of Muhammad's contemporaries found hard to accept. It moves through examples of God's design in nature — mountains as stakes, sleep as rest, the sky as a canopy — as evidence for a purposeful Creator, then contrasts the punishment awaiting the defiant with the reward awaiting the righteous, closing with a warning so serious that it says a disbeliever will wish they were only dust.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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1
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
'Amma Yatasaa-aloon
Whereof do they question one another?
Tafseer
2
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
'Anin-nabaa-il 'azeem
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Tafseer
3
ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ
Allazi hum feehi mukh talifoon
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Tafseer
4
كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
Kallaa sa y'alamoon
Nay, but they will come to know!
Tafseer
5
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
Thumma kallaa sa y'alamoon
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Tafseer
6
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا
Alam naj'alil arda mihaa da
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Tafseer
7
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا
Wal jibaala au taada
And the high hills bulwarks?
Tafseer
8
وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا
Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja
And We have created you in pairs,
Tafseer
9
وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا
Waja'alnan naumakum subata
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
Tafseer
10
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا
Waja'alnal laila libasa
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
Tafseer
11
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا
Waja'alnan nahara ma 'aasha
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
Tafseer
12
وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا
Wa banaina fauqakum sab 'an shi daada
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Tafseer
13
وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا
Waja'alna siraajaw wah haaja
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
Tafseer
14
وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا
Wa anzalna minal m'usiraati maa-an saj-jaaja
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Tafseer
15
لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا
Linukh rija bihee habbaw wana baata
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
Tafseer
16
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا
Wa jan naatin alfafa
And gardens of thick foliage.
Tafseer
17
إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا
Inna yaumal-fasli kana miqaata
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Tafseer
18
يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا
Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
Tafseer
19
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا
Wa futiha tis samaa-u fakaanat abwaaba
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
Tafseer
20
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا
Wa suyyi raatil jibaalu fa kaanat saraaba
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Tafseer
21
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا
Inna jahan nama kaanat mirsaada
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Tafseer
22
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا
Lit taa gheena ma aaba
A home for the rebellious.
Tafseer
23
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا
Laa bitheena feehaa ahqaaba
They will abide therein for ages.
Tafseer
24
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Laa ya zooqoona feeha bar daw walaa sharaaba
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Tafseer
25
إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا
Illa hamee maw-wa ghas saaqa
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Tafseer
26
جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا
Jazaa-aw wi faaqa
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
Tafseer
27
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا
Innahum kaanu laa yarjoona hisaaba
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Tafseer
28
وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا
Wa kazzabu bi aayaa tina kizzaba
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
Tafseer
29
وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا
Wa kulla shai-in ahsai naahu kitaa ba
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Tafseer
30
فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Fa zooqoo falan-nazee dakum ill-laa azaaba
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Tafseer
31
إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Inna lil mutta qeena mafaaza
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Tafseer
32
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا
Hadaa-iqa wa a'anaa ba
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Tafseer
33
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا
Wa kaawa 'iba at raaba
And voluptuous women of equal age;
Tafseer
34
وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا
Wa ka'san di haaqa
And a full cup.
Tafseer
35
لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّـٰبٗا
Laa yasma'oona fiha lagh waw walaa kizzaba
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
Tafseer
36
جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا
Jazaa-am mir-rabbika ataa-an hisaaba
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Tafseer
37
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا
Rabbis samaa waati wal ardi wa maa baina humar rahmaani laa yam likoona minhu khi taaba
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
Tafseer
38
يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا
Yauma yaqoo mur roohu wal malaa-ikatu saf-fal laa yata kalla moona illa man azina lahur rahmaanu wa qaala sawaaba
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
Tafseer
39
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
Zaalikal yaumul haqqu faman shaa-at ta khaaza ill-laa rabbihi ma-aaba
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
Tafseer
40
إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابٗا قَرِيبٗا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا
In naa anzar naakum azaaban qareebaiy-yauma yan zurul marr-u maa qaddamat yadaahu wa ya qoolul-kaafiru yaa lai tanee kuntu turaaba
Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"
Tafseer
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