An-Naba

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ1

   About what are they asking one another?

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2. Verse 2:

   عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ2

   About the great news^{note 1821} -

   Notes, Verse 2

   [1821] i.e., the Resurrection.

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3. Verse 3:

   ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ3

   That over which they are in disagreement.

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4. Verse 4:

   كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ4

   No! They are going to know.

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5. Verse 5:

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ5

   Then, no! They are going to know.

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6. Verse 6:

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا6

   Have We not made the earth a resting place?

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7. Verse 7:

   وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا7

   And the mountains as stakes?^{note 1822}

   Notes, Verse 7

   [1822] To stabilize the land and balance the earth.

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8. Verse 8:

   وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا8

   And We created you in pairs

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9. Verse 9:

   وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا9

   And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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10. Verse 10:

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا10

    And made the night as clothing^{note 1823}

    Notes, Verse 10

    [1823] Covering you in darkness and providing rest.

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11. Verse 11:

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا11

    And made the day for livelihood

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12. Verse 12:

    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا12

    And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

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13. Verse 13:

    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا13

    And made [therein] a burning lamp

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14. Verse 14:

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا14

    And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

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15. Verse 15:

    لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا15

    That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

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16. Verse 16:

    وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا16

    And gardens of entwined growth.

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17. Verse 17:

    إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا17

    Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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18. Verse 18:

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا18

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

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19. Verse 19:

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا19

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

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20. Verse 20:

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا20

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

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21. Verse 21:

    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا21

    Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

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22. Verse 22:

    لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا22

    For the transgressors, a place of return,

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23. Verse 23:

    لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا23

    In which they will remain for ages [unending].

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24. Verse 24:

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا24

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

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25. Verse 25:

    إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا25

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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26. Verse 26:

    جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا26

    An appropriate recompense.^{note 1824}

    Notes, Verse 26

    [1824] In proportion to and comparable with their crimes.

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27. Verse 27:

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا27

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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28. Verse 28:

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا28

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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29. Verse 29:

    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا29

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

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30. Verse 30:

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا30

    "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."^{note 1825}

    Notes, Verse 30

    [1825] This announcement will be made to the companions of Hell.

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    Verse 31:

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا31

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment^{note 1826} -

    Notes, Verse 31

    [1826] Of security, success and reward, including escape and safety from Hell.

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32. Verse 32:

    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا32

    Gardens and grapevines

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33. Verse 33:

    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا33

    And young women [companions] of equal age.

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34. Verse 34:

    وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا34

    And a full cup.^{note 1827}

    Notes, Verse 34

    [1827] Of wine which is delicious and does not intoxicate.

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35. Verse 35:

    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا35

    No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

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36. Verse 36:

    جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا36

    [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,^{note 1828}

    Notes, Verse 36

    [1828] 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]."

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37. Verse 37:

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا37

    [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.^{note 1829}

    Notes, Verse 37

    [1829] None of Allāh's creatures can plead with Him on the Day of Judgement except by His permission.

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38. Verse 38:

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا38

    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.

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39. Verse 39:

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا39

    That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.^{note 1830}

    Notes, Verse 39

    [1830] i.e., a direct route through correct beliefs and righteous deeds.

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40. Verse 40:

    إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا40

    Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth^{note 1831} and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

    Notes, Verse 40

    [1831] i.e., the deeds he did in this world, which await him in the Hereafter.

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