Surah Naba

Verse by verse

1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

   Bismi Allahi ar‑Rahmani ar‑Rahim

   In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

2. 1

   عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

   'amma yatasa'alun

   Whereof do they question one another?

3. 2

   عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

   'Ani an‑naba'i al-'azim

   (It is) of the awful tidings,

4. 3

   ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

   Alladhi hum fihi mukhtalifun

   Concerning which they are in disagreement.

5. 4

   كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

   Kalla saya'lamun

   Nay, but they will come to know!

6. 5

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

   Thumma kalla saya'lamun

   Nay, again, but they will come to know!

7. 6

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا

   Alam naj'ali al‑arda mihada

   Have We not made the earth an expanse,

8. 7

   وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

   Wa al‑jibala awtada

   And the high hills bulwarks?

9. 8

   وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا

   Wa khalaqnakum azwaja

   And We have created you in pairs,

10. 9

    وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

    Wa ja'alna nawmakum subata

    And have appointed your sleep for repose,

11. 10

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

    Wa ja'alna al‑layla libasa

    And have appointed the night as a cloak,

12. 11

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

    Wa ja'alna an‑nahara ma'asha

    And have appointed the day for livelihood.

13. 12

    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

    Wa banayna fawqakum sab'an shidada

    And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

14. 13

    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

    Wa ja'alna sirajan wahhaja

    And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

15. 14

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا

    Wa anzalna mina al‑mu'sirati ma'an thajjaja

    And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

16. 15

    لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

    Linukhrija bihi habban wa nabata

    Thereby to produce grain and plant,

17. 16

    وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا

    Wa jannatin alfafa

    And gardens of thick foliage.

18. 17

    إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا

    Inna yawma al‑fasli kana miqata

    Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

19. 18

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

    Yawma yunfakhu fi as‑suri fata'tuna afwaja

    A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

20. 19

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

    Wa futihati as‑sama'u fakanat abwaba

    And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

21. 20

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

    Wa suyyirati al‑jibalu fakanat saraba

    And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

22. 21

    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

    Inna jahannama kanat mirsada

    Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

23. 22

    لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا

    Lit‑taghina ma'aba

    A home for the rebellious.

24. 23

    لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا

    Labithina fiha ahqaba

    They will abide therein for ages.

25. 24

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

    La yadhuquna fiha bardan wa la sharaba

    Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

26. 25

    إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

    Illa hamiman wa ghassaqa

    Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

27. 26

    جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا

    Jaza'an wifaqa

    Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

28. 27

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

    Innahum kanu la yarjuna hisaba

    For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

29. 28

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

    Wa kadhdhabu bi'ayatina kidhdhaba

    They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

30. 29

    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا

    Wa kulla shay'in ahsaynahu kitaba

    Everything have We recorded in a Book.

31. 30

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    Fadhuqu falan nazidakum illa 'adhaba

    So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

32. 31

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

    Inna lil‑muttaqina mafaza

    Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

33. 32

    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا

    Hada'iqa wa a'naba

    Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

34. 33

    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

    Wa kawa'iba atraba

    And voluptuous women of equal age;

35. 34

    وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

    Wa ka'san dihaqa

    And a full cup.

36. 35

    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا

    La yasma'una fiha laghwan wa la kidhdhaba

    There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

37. 36

    جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا

    Jaza'an min Rabbika 'ata'an hisaba

    Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

38. 37

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

    Rabbi as‑samawati wa al‑ardi wa ma baynahuma ar‑Rahmani la yamlikuna minhu khitaba

    Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

39. 38

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

    Yawma yaqumu ar‑ruhu wa al‑mala'ikatu saffan la yatakallamuna illa man adhina lahu ar‑Rahmanu wa qala sawaba

    On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

40. 39

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

    Dhalika al‑yawmu al‑haqqu faman sha'a ittakhadha ila Rabbihi ma'aba

    That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

41. 40

    إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

    Inna andharnakum 'adhaban qariban yawma yanzuru al‑mar'u ma qaddamat yadahu wa yaqulu al‑kafiru ya laytani kuntu turaba

    Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"

Text: The Qur'an, Arabic text in the Uthmani script (reading of Hafs from Asim). Meaning: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930. Copied word for word from the edition named here

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