Sūra LXXVIII.: Nabaa, or The (Great) News.

Section 1

1. AAamma yatasaaloona

1. Concerning what
Are they disputing?

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2. AAani alnnaba-i alAAatheemi

2. Concerning the Great News,

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3. Allathee hum feehi mukhtalifoona

3. About which they
Cannot agree.

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4. Kalla sayaAAlamoona

4. Verily, they shall soon
(Come to) know!

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5. Thumma kalla sayaAAlamoona

5. Verily, verily they shall
Soon (come to) know!

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6. Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

6. Have We not made
The earth as a wide
Expanse,

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7. Waaljibala awtadan

7. And the mountains as pegs?

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8. Wakhalaqnakum azwajan

8. And (have We not) created
You in pairs,

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9. WajaAAalna nawmakum subatan

9. And made your sleep
For rest,

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10. WajaAAalna allayla libasan

10. And made the night
As a covering,

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11. WajaAAalna alnnahara maAAashan

11. And made the day
As a means of subsistence?

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12. Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

12. And (have We not)
Built over you
The seven firmaments,

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13. WajaAAalna sirajan wahhajan

13. And placed (therein)
A Light of Splendour?

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14. Waanzalna mina almuAAsirati maan thajjajan

14. And do We not send down
From the clouds water
In abundance,

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15. Linukhrija bihi habban wanabatan

15. That We may produce
Therewith corn and vegetables,

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16. Wajannatin alfafan

16. And gardens of luxurious growth?

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17. Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan

17. Verily the Day
Of Sorting Out
Is a thing appointed,—

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18. Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori fata/toona afwajan

18. The Day that the Trumpet
Shall be sounded, and ye
Shall come forth in crowds;

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19. Wafutihati alssamao fakanat abwaban

19. And the heavens
Shall be opened
As if there were doors,

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20. Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanat saraban

20. And the mountains
Shall vanish, as if
They were a mirage.

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21. Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan

21. Truly Hell is
As a place of ambush,—

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22. Lilttagheena maaban

22. For the transgressors
A place of destination:

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23. Labitheena feeha ahqaban

23. They will dwell therein
For ages.

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24. La yathooqoona feeha bardan wala sharaban

24. Nothing cool shall they taste
Therein, nor any drink,

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25. Illa hameeman waghassaqan

25. Save a boiling fluid
And a fluid, dark, murky,
Intensely cold,—

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26. Jazaan wifaqan

26. A fitting recompense
(For them).

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27. Innahum kanoo la yarjoona hisaban

27. For that they used not
To fear any account
(For their deeds),

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28. Wakaththaboo bi-ayatina kiththaban

28. But they (impudently) treated
Our Signs as false.

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29. Wakulla shay-in ahsaynahu kitaban

29. And all things have We
Preserved on record.

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30. Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

30. "So taste ye (the fruits
Of your deeds);
For no increase
Shall We grant you,
Except in Punishment.