length: 40 ayahs
revelation: Meccan
78:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ عَمَّ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ
Of what do they question one another?
78:2
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ
Of the mighty tiding
78:3
ٱلَّذِی هُمۡ فِیهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ
whereon they are at variance.
78:4
كَلَّا سَیَعۡلَمُونَ
No indeed; they shall soon know!
78:5
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَیَعۡلَمُونَ
Again, no indeed; they shall soon know!
78:6
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَـٰدࣰا
Have We not made the earth as a cradle
78:7
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادࣰا
and the mountains as pegs?
78:8
وَخَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا
And We created you in pairs,
78:9
وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتࣰا
and We appointed your sleep for a rest;
78:10
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّیۡلَ لِبَاسࣰا
and We appointed night for a garment,
78:11
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشࣰا
and We appointed day for a livelihood.
78:12
وَبَنَیۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعࣰا شِدَادࣰا
And We have built above you seven strong ones,
78:13
وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجࣰا وَهَّاجࣰا
and We appointed a blazing lamp
78:14
وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَ ٰتِ مَاۤءࣰ ثَجَّاجࣰا
and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading
78:15
لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبࣰّا وَنَبَاتࣰا
that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants,
78:16
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا
and gardens luxuriant.
78:17
إِنَّ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِیقَـٰتࣰا
Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time,
78:18
یَوۡمَ یُنفَخُ فِی ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجࣰا
the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops,
78:19
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَ ٰبࣰا
and heaven is opened, and become gates,
78:20
وَسُیِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا
and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour.
78:21
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادࣰا
Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush,
78:22
لِّلطَّـٰغِینَ مَـَٔابࣰا
for the insolent a resort,
78:23
لَّـٰبِثِینَ فِیهَاۤ أَحۡقَابࣰا
therein to tarry for ages,
78:24
لَّا یَذُوقُونَ فِیهَا بَرۡدࣰا وَلَا شَرَابًا
tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink
78:25
إِلَّا حَمِیمࣰا وَغَسَّاقࣰا
save boiling water and pus
78:26
جَزَاۤءࣰ وِفَاقًا
for a suitable recompense.
78:27
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ لَا یَرۡجُونَ حِسَابࣰا
They indeed hoped not for a reckoning,
78:28
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔایَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابࣰا
and they cried loud lies to Our signs;
78:29
وَكُلَّ شَیۡءٍ أَحۡصَیۡنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبࣰا
and everything We have numbered in a Book.
78:30
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِیدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.'
78:31
إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِینَ مَفَازًا
Surely for the godfearing awaits a place of security,
78:32
حَدَاۤىِٕقَ وَأَعۡنَـٰبࣰا
gardens and vineyards
78:33
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابࣰا
and maidens with swelling breasts, like of age,
78:34
وَكَأۡسࣰا دِهَاقࣰا
and a cup overflowing.
78:35
لَّا یَسۡمَعُونَ فِیهَا لَغۡوࣰا وَلَا كِذَّ ٰبࣰا
Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cry of lies,
78:36
جَزَاۤءࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاۤءً حِسَابࣰا
for a recompense from thy Lord, a gift, a reckoning,
78:37
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِۖ لَا یَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابࣰا
Lord of the heavens and earth, and all that between them is, the All-merciful of whom they have no power to speak.
78:38
یَوۡمَ یَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ صَفࣰّاۖ لَّا یَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابࣰا
Upon the day when the Spirit and the angels stand in ranks they shall speak not, save him to whom the All-merciful has given leave, and who speaks aright.
78:39
ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَاۤءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That is the true day; so whosoever wills takes unto his Lord a resort.
78:40
إِنَّاۤ أَنذَرۡنَـٰكُمۡ عَذَابࣰا قَرِیبࣰا یَوۡمَ یَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ یَدَاهُ وَیَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی كُنتُ تُرَ ٰبَۢا
Lo, We have warned you of a nigh chastisement, upon the day when a man shall behold what his hands have forwarded, and the unbeliever shall say, 'O would that I were dust!'