Surah An-Naba - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
                  what now are they asking about                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 1
                
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
                  is it the great news of resurrection                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 2
                
ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ
                  the subject of dispute between those who argue in favour and those who argue against it                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 3
                
كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
                  No, but they shall soon come to know                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 4
                
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
                  No, but indeed they shall soon come to know. Then Allah reminds them by drawing their attention to His omnipotence; He says                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 5
                
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا
                  Did We not prepare the earth to be a settled habitation                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 6
                
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا
                  and the mountains as stays that afford stabilization                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 7
                
وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا
                  We created you in pairs                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 8
                
وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا
                  We made your sleep* a repose for relief and recuperation                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 9
                
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا
                  and the night a vestment and black was the colour chosen to absorb all light emanating from the cosmic sources of illumination                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 10
                
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا
                  We made the day-time luminous for activity and livelihood                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 11
                
وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا
                  We built above you seven fortitudinous heavens vast and with endless amplitude                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 12
                
وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا
                  We installed a lamp glowing dispensing heat and illumination                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 13
                
وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا
                  We sent down from the rainy clouds water affluent and at times involving succession                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 14
                
لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا
                  To bring forth therewith grains and vegetation                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 15
                
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا
                  and thickly foliaged orchards and gardens of delightful variation                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 16
                
إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا
                  Indeed the Day of Judgment foreordained falls at an absolute time Predestinated                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 17
                
يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا
                  This is the Day the trumpet is sounded and you come together in throngs embodying your souls and fully actuated                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 18
                
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا
                  and the heaven is opened typifying open doors for the adminission of all                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 19
                
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا
                  and the mountains are set in motion and into a mirage as if transmigrated                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 20
                
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا
                  There and then hell is made to lie in wait                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 21
                
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا
                  It is the destined abode of the transgressors wherein they are designated                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 22
                
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا
                  Therein, they remain for ages as has been predestinated                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 23
                
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا
                  They will taste no coolness for relief nor a drink to quench their thirst                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 24
                
إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا
                  But only boiling water and their rotten discharges for doing their worst                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 25
                
جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا
                  A requital commensurate with deeds                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 26
                
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا
                  They never believed they would be judged                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 27
                
وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا
                  and Our revelations and signs they charged with falsehood and insolently did they negate                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 28
                
وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا
                  But everything We kept on record and in a book did We incorporate                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 29
                
فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
                  Now taste the outcome of your deeds and plenty of the same will We increase and perpetuate                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 30
                
إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
                  But for the righteous there is victory in the attainment of their goal                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 31
                
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا
                  Orchards and vineyards                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 32
                
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا
                  Companions of like age featuring highest quality of attractive femininity                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 33
                
وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا
                  and a cup full of delightful drink, clear, pure and really good                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 34
                
لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّـٰبٗا
                  No vanities shall they hear therein nor is it the place for falsehood, or discord                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 35
                
جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا
                  A recompense from Allah, your Creator and a reward greatly in accord                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 36
                
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا
                  Creator of the heavens and the earth and all in between. AL- Rahman, with whom no one can hold discourse nor shall an argument be allowed to intervene                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 37
                
يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا
                  This is the day when the spirit Jibril (Gabriel) and the angels stand in lines and keep silence at its height, except he whom AL-Rahman permits and then he says what is right                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 38
                
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
                  Indeed this is the day of truth, and who so desires may still turn to Allah, his Creator, for tutelary protection                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 39
                
إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابٗا قَرِيبٗا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا
                  We have warned you of punishment evident and quite near that deserves attention. On the day it comes to pass shall every one look at his deeds, the lawful and the lawless which his wrongful and unclean hands had committed. The infidel shall wish, then, he had remained mere dust                  
                  Surah An-Naba, Verse 40