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An-Naba
سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ
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Arabic: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Turkish translation audio: Diyanet Vakfı. English translation audio: Ibrahim Walk. These audio translations differ from the displayed Rowwad translation, so wording may vary. Audio loads from Islamic Network only when you start listening.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About what are they asking one another?
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
About the momentous news[1],
Translation notes
[1] i.e., the Resurrection.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
that which they differ about[1].
Translation notes
[1] The pagans of Makkah denied the Qur’an, resurrection, and judgment. They differed as to whether the Qur’an was magic, fortune-telling, or poetry.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
No indeed; they will come to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Again no; they will come to know.
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And the mountains as stakes[1],
Translation notes
[1] Mountains go deep below the surface like pegs and icebergs, stabilizing the earth and slowing tectonic movement.
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
and created you in pairs,
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
and made your sleep for rest,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
and made the night a covering[1],
Translation notes
[1] Covering you in its darkness as garments cover you.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
and made the day for seeking a livelihood,
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
and built above you seven mighty heavens,
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
and made therein a blazing lamp,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
and sent down from the rainclouds abundant water,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
so that We may produce thereby grains and vegetation,
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
and gardens with dense foliage?
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
Indeed, the Day of Judgment is a time appointed,
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
the Day when the Trumpet will be blown, you will come forth in crowds,
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
and the sky will be opened up and will become gateways,
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
and the mountains will be leveled, becoming like a mirage.
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
Indeed, Hell is lying in wait,
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
a dwelling for the transgressors,
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
wherein they will remain for endless ages.
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
They will neither taste therein any coolness nor any drink,
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
except scalding water and discharge of wounds,
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
a fitting recompense[1].
Translation notes
[1] To their disbelief and evil deeds.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
Indeed, they did not expect a reckoning,
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
and utterly rejected Our verses.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
But We have enumerated everything in a record[1].
Translation notes
[1] i.e., a record of deeds.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
So taste [the punishment], for We will not increase you except in torment[1].”
Translation notes
[1] The addressees are the dwellers of Hell.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Indeed, the righteous will have salvation[1],
Translation notes
[1] i.e., safety from Hell and winning Paradise.
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
gardens and vineyards,
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
and full-bosomed maidens of equal age,
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
and a full cup [of wine][1].
Translation notes
[1] i.e., tasteful wine which neither intoxicates nor causes headache.
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
They will not hear therein vain talk or lies –
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
a reward and a generous gift from your Lord[1],
Translation notes
[1] Or "a gift adequately calculated"; as a result of their righteous deeds as well as the ample generosity of Allah.
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
[from] the Lord of the heavens and earth and all that is between them, the Most Compassionate; none will dare to speak to Him[1].
Translation notes
[1] None can ask or plead on the Day of Judgment except by Allah's permission.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
On the Day when the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows; none will dare to speak, except those to whom the Most Compassionate granted permission, and they will only speak the truth.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That Day is sure to come. So whoever wills may seek a path leading to his Lord[1].
Translation notes
[1] i.e., the path of guidance and righteous deeds.
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
Indeed, We have warned you of an imminent punishment on the Day when everyone will see what his hands have sent forth[1], and the disbeliever will say, “Oh, I wish that I were dust!”
Translation notes
[1] i.e., the deeds he did in this world.
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Arabic text: Tanzil Project · Uthmani v1.1 · © 2007–2026 Tanzil Project · CC BY 3.0. The text is reproduced without changing its letters or diacritics. The opening basmalah is retained where supplied by the source; it is absent at the beginning of At-Tawbah.
Translation publisher: Rowwad Translation Center. Source: QuranEnc.com · English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · v1.0.20. Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website. Translation and footnotes are reproduced unchanged.
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