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عَمَّ يَتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَۚ

'amma yatasā`alụn

OF WHAT ARE they asking one another?

عَنِ النَّبَاِ الْعَظِيْمِۙ

'anin-naba`il-'aẓīm

(Is it) of the great announcement

الَّذِيْ هُمْ فِيْهِ مُخْتَلِفُوْنَۗ

allażī hum fīhi mukhtalifụn

About which they have been differing?

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُوْنَۙ

kallā saya'lamụn

Indeed they will come to know soon;

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُوْنَ

ṡumma kallā saya'lamụn

They will indeed come to know soon.

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ مِهٰدًاۙ

a lam naj'alil-arḍa mihādā

Did We not make the earth a spreading

وَّالْجِبَالَ اَوْتَادًاۖ

wal-jibāla autādā

The mountains tent-pins?

وَّخَلَقْنٰكُمْ اَزْوَاجًاۙ

wa khalaqnākum azwājā

We created you in pairs

وَّجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًاۙ

wa ja'alnā naumakum subātā

And made sleep for you to rest

وَّجَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ لِبَاسًاۙ

wa ja'alnal-laila libāsā

The night a covering

وَّجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًاۚ

wa ja'alnan-nahāra ma'āsyā

And the day for seeking livelihood.

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًاۙ

wa banainā fauqakum sab'an syidādā

We raised over you several secure (skies)

وَّجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَّهَّاجًاۖ

wa ja'alnā sirājaw wahhājā

And placed a lamp therein brightly burning.

وَّاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرٰتِ مَاۤءً ثَجَّاجًاۙ

wa anzalnā minal-mu'ṣirāti mā`an ṡajjājā

And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهٖ حَبًّا وَّنَبَاتًاۙ

linukhrija bihī ḥabbaw wa nabātā

That We may produce from it grain and vegetation

وَّجَنّٰتٍ اَلْفَافًاۗ

wa jannātin alfāfā

And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs.

اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيْقَاتًاۙ

inna yaumal-faṣli kāna mīqātā

Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement.

يَّوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِى الصُّوْرِ فَتَأْتُوْنَ اَفْوَاجًاۙ

yauma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣụri fa ta`tụna afwājā

The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes;

وَّفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتْ اَبْوَابًاۙ

wa futiḥatis-samā`u fa kānat abwābā

The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors

وَّسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًاۗ

wa suyyiratil-jibālu fa kānat sarābā

The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage.

اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًاۙ

inna jahannama kānat mirṣādā

Certainly Hell lies in wait

لِّلطّٰغِيْنَ مَاٰبًاۙ

liṭ-ṭāgīna ma`ābā

The rebels´ abode

لّٰبِثِيْنَ فِيْهَآ اَحْقَابًاۚ

lābiṡīna fīhā aḥqābā

Where they will remain for aeons

لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا بَرْدًا وَّلَا شَرَابًاۙ

lā yażụqụna fīhā bardaw wa lā syarābā

Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drink

اِلَّا حَمِيْمًا وَّغَسَّاقًاۙ

illā ḥamīmaw wa gassāqā

Except boiling water and benumbing cold:

جَزَاۤءً وِّفَاقًاۗ

jazā`aw wifāqā

A fitting reward.

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا لَا يَرْجُوْنَ حِسَابًاۙ

innahum kānụ lā yarjụna ḥisābā

They were those who did not expect a reckoning

وَّكَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا كِذَّابًاۗ

wa każżabụ bi`āyātinā kiżżābā

And rejected Our signs as lies.

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ اَحْصَيْنٰهُ كِتٰبًاۙ

wa kulla syai`in aḥṣaināhu kitābā

We have kept account of everything in a book.

فَذُوْقُوْا فَلَنْ نَّزِيْدَكُمْ اِلَّا عَذَابًا

fa żụqụ fa lan nazīdakum illā 'ażābā

So taste (the fruit of what you sowed) for We shall add nothing but torment

اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ مَفَازًاۙ

inna lil-muttaqīna mafāzā

As for those who preserve themselves from evil and follow the straight path there is attainment for them:

حَدَاۤىِٕقَ وَاَعْنَابًاۙ

ḥadā`iqa wa a'nābā

Orchards and vineyards

وَّكَوَاعِبَ اَتْرَابًاۙ

wa kawā'iba atrābā

And graceful maidens of the same age

وَّكَأْسًا دِهَاقًاۗ

wa ka`san dihāqā

And flasks full and flowing.

لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ فِيْهَا لَغْوًا وَّلَا كِذَّابًا

lā yasma'ụna fīhā lagwaw wa lā kiżżābā

They will hear no blasphemies there or disavowals:

جَزَاۤءً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ عَطَاۤءً حِسَابًاۙ

jazā`am mir rabbika 'aṭā`an ḥisābā

A recompense from your Lord a sufficient gift

رَّبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًاۚ

rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumar-raḥmāni lā yamlikụna min-hu khiṭābā

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them most benevolent to whom none may dare address a word.

يَوْمَ يَقُوْمُ الرُّوْحُ وَالْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ صَفًّاۙ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُوْنَ اِلَّا مَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

yauma yaqụmur-rụḥu wal-malā`ikatu ṣaffal lā yatakallamụna illā man ażina lahur-raḥmānu wa qāla ṣawābā

The day the Spirit takes its stand with the angels ranged in rows. None will speak except who is permitted by Ar-Rahman and says what is right.

ذٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّۚ فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ مَاٰبًا

żālikal-yaumul-ḥaqq, fa man syā`attakhaża ilā rabbihī ma`ābā

That day is certain. So whosoever likes may prepare a way to his Lord.

اِنَّآ اَنْذَرْنٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيْبًا ەۙ يَّوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُوْلُ الْكٰفِرُ يٰلَيْتَنِيْ كُنْتُ تُرَابًا

innā anżarnākum 'ażābang qarībay yauma yanẓurul-mar`u mā qaddamat yadāhu wa yaqụlul-kāfiru yā laitanī kuntu turābā

We have indeed warned you of a calamity near at hand a day when man will see what he had sent (of his deeds) ahead and the unbeliever will say: "Woe alas. Ah would that I were dust!"