The Event

سورة الـنبإ

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿١﴾ عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
1What are they asking one another about?
﴿٢﴾ عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ
2About the Momentous News.
﴿٣﴾ الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
3About which they disagree.
﴿٤﴾ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
4Surely, they will know.
﴿٥﴾ ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
5Most certainly, they will know.
﴿٦﴾ أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
6Did We not make the earth a cradle?
﴿٧﴾ وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
7And the mountains pegs?
﴿٨﴾ وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
8And created you in pairs?
﴿٩﴾ وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
9And made your sleep for rest?
﴿١٠﴾ وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
10And made the night a cover?
﴿١١﴾ وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
11And made the day for livelihood?
﴿١٢﴾ وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
12And constructed above you seven firmaments?
﴿١٣﴾ وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
13And placed a blazing lamp?
﴿١٤﴾ وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا
14And sent down from the clouds pouring water?
﴿١٥﴾ لِنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
15To produce with it grains and vegetation?
﴿١٦﴾ وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا
16And lush gardens?
﴿١٧﴾ إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
17The Day of Sorting has been appointed.
﴿١٨﴾ يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
18The Day when the Trumpet is blown, and you will come in crowds.
﴿١٩﴾ وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا
19And the sky is opened up, and it becomes gateways.
﴿٢٠﴾ وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
20And the mountains are set in motion, and they become a mirage.
﴿٢١﴾ إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
21Hell is lying in ambush.
﴿٢٢﴾ لِلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا
22For the oppressors, a destination.
﴿٢٣﴾ لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
23Where they will remain for eons.
﴿٢٤﴾ لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
24They will taste in it neither coolness nor drink.
﴿٢٥﴾ إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
25Except boiling water and freezing hail.
﴿٢٦﴾ جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا
26An appropriate punishment.
﴿٢٧﴾ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
27They were not anticipating any reckoning.
﴿٢٨﴾ وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
28And they denied Our signs with utter denial.
﴿٢٩﴾ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا
29And We have recorded everything in a book.
﴿٣٠﴾ فَذُوقُوا فَلَنْ نَزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
30So taste! We will increase you in nothing but suffering.
﴿٣١﴾ إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
31But for the righteous, there is triumph.
﴿٣٢﴾ حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
32Gardens and vineyards.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
33And splendid spouses, well-matched.
﴿٣٤﴾ وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
34And overflowing cups.
﴿٣٥﴾ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا
35They will hear in it neither gossip nor lies.
﴿٣٦﴾ جَزَاءً مِنْ رَبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا
36A reward from your Lord, a calculated reward.
﴿٣٧﴾ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
37Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them—The Most Merciful—they will have no authorization from Him to speak.
﴿٣٨﴾ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
38On the Day when the Spirit and the angels stand in a row. They will not speak, except those granted permission by the Compassionate and whose words are true.
﴿٣٩﴾ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا
39This is the Day of Reality. So whoever wills, let him take a path back to his Lord.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا
40We have warned you of an imminent punishment—the Day when a person will observe what his hands have produced, and the unbeliever will say, “I wish I were dust.”