An-Naba’

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ ١

Whereof do they question one another ?

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ ٢

(It is) of the awful tidings,

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ٣

Concerning which they are in disagreement.

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ٤

Nay, but they will come to know!

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ٥

Nay, again, but they will come to know!

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا ٦

Have We not made the earth an expanse,

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ٧

And the high hills bulwarks ?

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ٨

And We have created you in pairs,

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا ٩

And have appointed your sleep for repose,

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا ١٠

And have appointed the night as a cloak,

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا ١١

And have appointed the day for livelihood.

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا ١٢

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

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا ١٣

And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا ١٤

And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا ١٥

Thereby to produce grain and plant,

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا ١٦

And gardens of thick foliage.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا ١٧

Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا ١٨

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

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا ١٩

And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ٢٠

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