| | Muhammad Asad rendition of Surah The Tidings, The Announcement(an-Naba`)
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| 78:1 | | ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another |
| 78:1 | | ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another |
| 78:2 | | About the awesome tiding [of resurrection] |
| 78:2 | | About the awesome tiding [of resurrection] |
| 78:3 | | on which they [so utterly] disagree |
| 78:3 | | on which they [so utterly] disagree |
| 78:4 | | Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it] |
| 78:4 | | Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it] |
| 78:5 | | And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand |
| 78:5 | | And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand |
| 78:6 | | HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you] |
| 78:6 | | HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you] |
| 78:7 | | and the mountains [its] pegs |
| 78:7 | | and the mountains [its] pegs |
| 78:8 | | And We have created you in pairs |
| 78:8 | | And We have created you in pairs |
| 78:9 | | and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] deat |
| 78:9 | | and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] deat |
| 78:10 | | and made the night [its] cloa |
| 78:10 | | and made the night [its] cloa |
| 78:11 | | and made the day [a symbol of] life |
| 78:11 | | and made the day [a symbol of] life |
| 78:12 | | And We have built above you seven firmaments |
| 78:12 | | And We have built above you seven firmaments |
| 78:13 | | and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour |
| 78:13 | | and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour |
| 78:14 | | And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance |
| 78:14 | | And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance |
| 78:15 | | so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs |
| 78:15 | | so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs |
| 78:16 | | and gardens dense with follage |
| 78:16 | | and gardens dense with follage |
| 78:17 | | VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time |
| 78:17 | | VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time |
| 78:18 | | the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes |
| 78:18 | | the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes |
| 78:19 | | and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates |
| 78:19 | | and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates |
| 78:20 | | and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage |
| 78:20 | | and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage |
| 78:21 | | [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] &ndash |
| 78:21 | | [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] &ndash |
| 78:22 | | a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right |
| 78:22 | | a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right |
| 78:23 | | In it shall they remain for a long time |
| 78:23 | | In it shall they remain for a long time |
| 78:24 | | Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink &ndash |
| 78:24 | | Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink &ndash |
| 78:25 | | only burning despair and ice-cold darkness |
| 78:25 | | only burning despair and ice-cold darkness |
| 78:26 | | a meet requital [for their sins] |
| 78:26 | | a meet requital [for their sins] |
| 78:27 | | Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account |
| 78:27 | | Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account |
| 78:28 | | having given the lie to Our messages one and all |
| 78:28 | | having given the lie to Our messages one and all |
| 78:29 | | but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did] |
| 78:29 | | but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did] |
| 78:30 | | [And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" |
| 78:30 | | [And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" |
| 78:31 | | [But,] verily for the God-conscious there is supreme fulfilment in store |
| 78:31 | | [But,] verily for the God-conscious there is supreme fulfilment in store |
| 78:32 | | luxuriant gardens and vinyards |
| 78:32 | | luxuriant gardens and vinyards |
| 78:33 | | and splendid companions well matched |
| 78:33 | | and splendid companions well matched |
| 78:34 | | and a cup [of happiness] overflowing |
| 78:34 | | and a cup [of happiness] overflowing |
| 78:35 | | No empty talk will they hear in that [paradise], nor any lie |
| 78:35 | | No empty talk will they hear in that [paradise], nor any lie |
| 78:36 | | [All this will be] a reward from thy Sustainer, a gift in accordance with [His Own] reckoning &ndash |
| 78:36 | | [All this will be] a reward from thy Sustainer, a gift in accordance with [His Own] reckoning &ndash |
| 78:37 | | [a reward from] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Most Gracious! [And] none shall have it in their power to raise their voices unto Hi |
| 78:37 | | [a reward from] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Most Gracious! [And] none shall have it in their power to raise their voices unto Hi |
| 78:38 | | on the Day when all [human] souls and all the angels will stand up in ranks: none will speak but he to whom the Most Gracious will have given leave; and [everyone] will say [only] what is right |
| 78:38 | | on the Day when all [human] souls and all the angels will stand up in ranks: none will speak but he to whom the Most Gracious will have given leave; and [everyone] will say [only] what is right |
| 78:39 | | That will be the Day of Ultimate Truth: whoever wills, then, let him take the path that leads towards his Sustainer |
| 78:39 | | That will be the Day of Ultimate Truth: whoever wills, then, let him take the path that leads towards his Sustainer |
| 78:40 | | Verily, We have warned you of suffering near at hand - [suffering] on the Day when man shall [clearly] see what his hands have sent ahead, and when he who has denied the truth shall say, "Oh, would that I were mere dust...!" |
| 78:40 | | Verily, We have warned you of suffering near at hand - [suffering] on the Day when man shall [clearly] see what his hands have sent ahead, and when he who has denied the truth shall say, "Oh, would that I were mere dust...!" |
