an-Naba` (The Tidings, The Announcement) at IslamAwakened.com

78:1 Concerning what are they asking

78:2 Concerning the great news

78:3 About which they cannot agree

78:4 Surely, they shall soon know

78:5 Surely, (but) surely, they shall soon know

78:6 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse (as a bed)

78:7 And the mountains as pegs

78:8 And (have We not) created you in pairs

78:9 And made your sleep for rest

78:10 And made the night as an umbrella of peace

78:11 And made the day for finding livelihoo

78:12 And (have We not) built over you the seven strong arches of the heavens

78:13 And placed (in there) a Light of brilliance

78:14 And do We not send down from the clouds water, in plenty

78:15 That We may produce with it, corn and vegetables

78:16 And gardens of rich growth

78:17 Surely, the Day of Judgment is an event appointed—

78:18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded and you shall come forward in crowds

78:19 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors

78:20 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage

78:21 Truly, Hell is like a place of ambush—

78:22 For those who fought (against Faith); (Their) place of eternal stay

78:23 They will live in there for ages

78:24 Nothing cool shall they taste there, nor any drink

78:25 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, grim, bitterly cold—

78:26 A fitting return (for their actions and for them)

78:27 Because, they did not fear any accounting (of their deeds)

78:28 But they (grimly) treated Our Signs as false

78:29 And all things, We have preserved on record

78:30 So taste you (the reward), because We shall not grant you any increase except in (your) punishment

78:31 Surely, For the righteous there will be a fulfillment of (their hearts) desires

78:32 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines

78:33 Companions of equal age

78:34 And a Cup full (to the very top)

78:35 In there, they shall not hear useless talk, vanity (and they shall not hear) anything false—

78:36 Reward from your Lord a gift, (large and) sufficient

78:37 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between— (Allah) Most Gracious (Rahman): None shall have power to argue with Him

78:38 The Day that the Spirit (Gabriel) and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak, except anyone who is permitted by (Allah): Most Gracious (Rahman), and he (the speaker) will say (only) what is correct

78:39 Surely, that Day will be the Reality: Therefore, let anyone who wishes, let him take a (straight) path returning to his Lord

78:40 Surely, We have warned you of a penalty near— The Day when man will see (the very acts) which his hands have sent forward, and the unbelievers will say, "Misery upon me! I may as well be (mere) dust!"