| | N J Dawood (2014) rendition of Surah The Tidings, The Announcement(an-Naba`)
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| 78:1 | | ABOUT WHAT are they asking |
| 78:2 | | About the fateful tidings ― |
| 78:3 | | the theme of their disputes |
| 78:4 | | But they shall learn |
| 78:5 | | then they shall surely learn |
| 78:6 | | Did We not spread the earth like a bed |
| 78:7 | | and raise the mountains like supporting pillars |
| 78:8 | | We created you in pairs |
| 78:9 | | and gave you rest in sleep |
| 78:10 | | We made the night a mantle |
| 78:11 | | and ordained the day for work |
| 78:12 | | We built above you seven mighty heaven |
| 78:13 | | and placed in them a glowing lamp |
| 78:14 | | We sent down abundant water from the clouds |
| 78:15 | | to bringing forth grain and varied plants |
| 78:16 | | and gardens thick with foliage |
| 78:17 | | Fixed is the Day of Judgement |
| 78:18 | | On that day the Trumpet shall be blown, and you shall come in multitudes |
| 78:19 | | The gates of heaven shall swing Open |
| 78:20 | | and the mountains shall pass away into a mirage |
| 78:21 | | Hell will lie in ambush |
| 78:22 | | a home for the transgressors |
| 78:23 | | Therein shall they abide long ages |
| 78:24 | | therein they shall taste neither refreshment nor any drink |
| 78:25 | | save scalding water and decaying filth |
| 78:26 | | a fitting recompense |
| 78:27 | | They never expected a reckoning |
| 78:28 | | and roundly denied Our revelations |
| 78:29 | | But We kept account of what they did and wrote it down |
| 78:30 | | So taste this: for We shall give you nothing but mounting torment!&lsquo |
| 78:31 | | As for the righteous, there shall surely be a triumph |
| 78:32 | | gardens and vineyards |
| 78:33 | | and tender-bosomed maidens for companions |
| 78:34 | | a truly overflowing cup |
| 78:35 | | Therein shall they hear no idle talk, nor any falsehood |
| 78:36 | | Such is the recompense of your Lord ― a gift that will suffice them |
| 78:37 | | the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them; the Merciful, from whom they have no power to speak |
| 78:38 | | On the day when the Spirit and the angels stand up in their ranks, they shall not speak; except him who shall receive the sanction of the Merciful and declare what is right |
| 78:39 | | That day is sure to come. Let him who will, seek a way back to his Lord |
| 78:40 | | We have forewarned you of an imminent scourge: The day when man will look upon his works and the unbeliever say: ‘Would that I were dust!&lsquo |
