| | Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali rendition of Surah The Tidings, The Announcement(an-Naba`)
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| 78:1 | | Of what do they ask one another (questions) |
| 78:2 | | Of the tremendous tidings, (The Arabic word is singular) |
| 78:3 | | Concerning which they (continue) differing among themselves |
| 78:4 | | Not at all! They will soon know |
| 78:5 | | Thereafter, not at all! They will soon know |
| 78:6 | | Have We not made the earth as a cradling, (Or: level lands) |
| 78:7 | | And the mountains as bulwarks |
| 78:8 | | And We created you in pairs |
| 78:9 | | And We have made your sleep for repose |
| 78:10 | | And We have made the night for a garment |
| 78:11 | | And We have made the daytime for (earning) a livelihood |
| 78:12 | | And We have built above you seven strong (heavens) |
| 78:13 | | And We have made a glowing luminary |
| 78:14 | | And We have sent down from the clouds (i.e., rain clouds) pressing forth water cascading |
| 78:15 | | That We may bring out thereby grain and growth |
| 78:16 | | And gardens entwined |
| 78:17 | | Surely the Day of Verdict has been (set) as a fixed time |
| 78:18 | | The Day when the Trumpet will be blown; then you will come up in troops |
| 78:19 | | And the heaven is opened, (and) so has become gates |
| 78:20 | | And the mountains are made to travel, (and) so have become a mirage |
| 78:21 | | Surely Hell has been observing, (i.e., in expectation of the criminals) |
| 78:22 | | For the inordinate (as) a resorting |
| 78:23 | | Lingering therein for epochs |
| 78:24 | | They will not taste therein either coolness or any drink |
| 78:25 | | Except scalding water and (overflowing) pus |
| 78:26 | | An agreeable recompense |
| 78:27 | | Surely they did not hope for a reckoning |
| 78:28 | | And they cried lies to Our signs with constant cries (of lies) |
| 78:29 | | And everything We have enumerated in a Book |
| 78:30 | | "So taste! We will never increase you in anything except in torment." |
| 78:31 | | Surely for the pious there is a place of triumph |
| 78:32 | | Enclosed orchards, and vineyards |
| 78:33 | | And youthful virgins, like of age |
| 78:34 | | And a cup brimful |
| 78:35 | | Therein they will hear no idle talk nor cry of lies |
| 78:36 | | (It is for) recompense from your Lord, a gift, a reckoning |
| 78:37 | | (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, The All-Merciful; they possess (no power) of addressing Him |
| 78:38 | | On the Day when the Spirit and the Angels rise up in ranks, they will not speak, except him (to) whom The All-Merciful has given permission and who speaks (Literally: says) right |
| 78:39 | | That is the True Day. So whoever decides, should seek a resorting to his Lord (i.e., by doing righteous deeds) |
| 78:40 | | Surely We have warned you of a near torment on the Day when a person will look at whatever his hands have forwarded, and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, would that I were dust!" |
