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                        Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
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Wahiduddin Khan
                    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
                
                
                    In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
                
            
                    78:1
                    عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:1
                    Whereof do they question one another?  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:2
                    عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:2
                    (It is) of the awful tidings,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:3
                    ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:3
                    Concerning which they are in disagreement.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:4
                    كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:4
                    Nay, but they will come to know!  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:5
                    ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:5
                    Nay, again, but they will come to know!  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:6
                    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:6
                    Have We not made the earth an expanse,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:7
                    وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:7
                    And the high hills bulwarks?  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:8
                    وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:8
                    And We have created you in pairs,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:9
                    وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:9
                    And have appointed your sleep for repose,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:10
                    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:10
                    And have appointed the night as a cloak,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:11
                    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:11
                    And have appointed the day for livelihood.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:12
                    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:12
                    And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:13
                    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:13
                    And have appointed a dazzling lamp,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:14
                    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:14
                    And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:15
                    لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:15
                    Thereby to produce grain and plant,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:16
                    وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:16
                    And gardens of thick foliage.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:17
                    إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:17
                    Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:18
                    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:18
                    A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:19
                    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:19
                    And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:20
                    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:20
                    And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:21
                    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:21
                    Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:22
                    لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    A home for the rebellious.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:23
                    لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    They will abide therein for ages.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:24
                    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:24
                    Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:25
                    إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:25
                    Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:26
                    جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:27
                    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:28
                    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    They called Our revelations false with strong denial.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:29
                    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:29
                    Everything have We recorded in a Book.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:30
                    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:30
                    So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:31
                    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:31
                    Lo! for the duteous is achievement -  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:32
                    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:32
                    Gardens enclosed and vineyards,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:33
                    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:33
                    And voluptuous women of equal age;  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    And a full cup.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:35
                    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:35
                    There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:36
                    جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:36
                    Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:37
                    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:37
                    Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:38
                    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:38
                    On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:39
                    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:39
                    That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:40
                    إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
                
                
                
                
                
                    78:40
                    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!"  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)