Surah An-Naba (The Tidings) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. عم يتساءلون

   1

   What is it that they are questioning each other about?!

   ʿamma yatasāʾalūna

2. عن النبإ العظيم

   2

   [Is it] about the Great Tiding,

   ʿani n-nabaʾi l-ʿaẓīmi

3. الذي هم فيه مختلفون

   3

   the one about which they differ?

   alladhī hum fīhi mukhtalifūna

4. كلا سيعلمون

   4

   No indeed! Soon they will know!

   kallā sa-yaʿlamūna

5. ثم كلا سيعلمون

   5

   No indeed! Soon they will know for once again!

   thumma kallā sa-yaʿlamūna

6. ألم نجعل الأرض مهادا

   6

   Did We not make the earth a resting place?

   ʾa-lam najʿali l-ʾarḍa mihādan

7. والجبال أوتادا

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   and the mountains stakes?

   wa-l-jibāla ʾawtādan

8. وخلقناكم أزواجا

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   and create you in pairs?

   wa-khalaqnākum ʾazwājan

9. وجعلنا نومكم سباتا

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   and make your sleep for rest?

   wa-jaʿalnā nawmakum subātan

10. وجعلنا الليل لباسا

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    and make the night a covering?

    wa-jaʿalnā l-layla libāsan

11. وجعلنا النهار معاشا

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    and make the day for livelihood?

    wa-jaʿalnā n-nahāra maʿāshan

12. وبنينا فوقكم سبعا شدادا

    12

    and build above you the seven mighty heavens?

    wa-banaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādan

13. وجعلنا سراجا وهاجا

    13

    and make [the sun for] a radiant lamp?

    wa-jaʿalnā sirājan wahhājan

14. وأنزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا

    14

    and send down water pouring from the rain-clouds,

    wa-ʾanzalnā mina l-muʿṣirāti māʾan thajjājan

15. لنخرج به حبا ونباتا

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    that We may bring forth with it grains and plants,

    li-nukhrija bihī ḥabban wa-nabātan

16. وجنات ألفافا

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    and luxuriant gardens?

    wa-jannātin ʾalfāfan

17. إن يوم الفصل كان ميقاتا

    17

    Indeed the Day of Judgement is the tryst,

    ʾinna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātan

18. يوم ينفخ في الصور فتأتون أفواجا

    18

    the day the Trumpet will be blown, and you will come in groups,

    yawma yunfakhu fī ṣ-ṣūri fa-taʾtūna ʾafwājan

19. وفتحت السماء فكانت أبوابا

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    and the sky will be opened and become gates,

    wa-futiḥati s-samāʾu fa-kānat ʾabwāban

20. وسيرت الجبال فكانت سرابا

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    and the mountains will be set moving and become a mirage.

    wa-suyyirati l-jibālu fa-kānat sarāban

21. إن جهنم كانت مرصادا

    21

    Indeed hell is in ambush,

    ʾinna jahannama kānat mirṣādan

22. للطاغين مآبا

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    a resort for the rebels,

    li-ṭ-ṭāghīna maʾāban

23. لابثين فيها أحقابا

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    to reside therein for ages,

    lābithīna fīhā ʾaḥqāban

24. لا يذوقون فيها بردا ولا شرابا

    24

    tasting in it neither any coolness nor drink,

    lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan wa-lā sharāban

25. إلا حميما وغساقا

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    except boiling water and pus,

    ʾillā hamīman wa-ghassāqan

26. جزاء وفاقا

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    a fitting requital.

    jazāʾan wifāqan

27. إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حسابا

    27

    Indeed they did not expect any reckoning,

    ʾinnahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisāban

28. وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا

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    and they denied Our signs mendaciously,

    wa-kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā kidhdhāban

29. وكل شيء أحصيناه كتابا

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    and We have figured everything in a Book.

    wa-kulla shayʾin ʾaḥṣaynāhu kitāban

30. فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا

    30

    So [now] taste! We shall increase you in nothing but punishment!

    fa-dhūqū fa-lan nazīdakum ʾillā ʿadhāban