| | Linda “iLHam” Barto rendition of Surah The Tidings, The Announcement(an-Naba`)
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| 78:1 | | About what are they asking one another? |
| 78:2 | | [It is] the great news… |
| 78:3 | | …concerning which they cannot agree? |
| 78:4 | | Absurd! But they will come to know [when it’s too late]. |
| 78:5 | | Again: Absurd! They will come to know. |
| 78:6 | | Have We not made the earth a wide expanse? |
| 78:7 | | [Haven’t We made it] with mountains like anchors? |
| 78:8 | | We created you as pairs [male and female]. |
| 78:9 | | [We] made your sleep for rest. |
| 78:10 | | [We made] the night as a quilt. |
| 78:11 | | [We made] the day with resources for living. |
| 78:12 | | We established the seven layers [of Earth’s sky]. |
| 78:13 | | [We] placed therein a splendid light [the sun]. |
| 78:14 | | We send from the clouds abundant water. |
| 78:15 | | [This is] so We may produce grain, other plants,… |
| 78:16 | | …and luxurious gardens. |
| 78:17 | | Truly, the day of discernment has an appointed time. |
| 78:18 | | That day the trumpet will sound, and you will come forth in congregations. |
| 78:19 | | The skies will open as if there were doors. |
| 78:20 | | The mountains will vanish as if they had only been a mirage. |
| 78:21 | | Truly, Hell is an ambush. |
| 78:22 | | For the transgressors [it is] a destiny. |
| 78:23 | | They will dwell therein for ages. |
| 78:24 | | They won’t taste anything cool. [There will be] no drink… |
| 78:25 | | …except scalding water, and paralyzing cold [like freezer burn]. |
| 78:26 | | [That is] a fitting recompense… |
| 78:27 | | …because they never expected accountability. |
| 78:28 | | They treated Our signs as false. |
| 78:29 | | We have recorded everything in a book. |
| 78:30 | | Taste! No gain will We grant you except in punishment. |
| 78:31 | | Truly, for the righteous there will be success. |
| 78:32 | | [There will be] gardens and vineyards. |
| 78:33 | | [There will be] companions of similar age. |
| 78:34 | | Each cup will be full. |
| 78:35 | | They will not hear any idle talk there and no lies. |
| 78:36 | | [It will be] a payment from your Lord, a sufficient gift. |
| 78:37 | | [It will be from] the Lord of the skies and Earth and all among them, the Most Gracious. No one will have the power to argue with Him. |
| 78:38 | | The day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in ranks, none shall speak except any permitted by the Most Gracious, and each one will speak what is true. |
| 78:39 | | That day will be the sure reality; therefore, anyone willing [to come to God] may return to his/her Lord. |
| 78:40 | | Truly, We have warned you of an advancing penalty. [That will be] the day when humanity will see what his/her hands have incurred. The unbelievers will say, “Oh, if only I were dust!” |
