1

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

What are they asking each other about

2

عَنِ اِ۬لنَّبَإِ اِ۬لۡعَظِيمِ

The awesome news (of the afterlife)

3

اِ۬لَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ

About which they have (many doubts, discords and) disagreements

4

كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ

By no means! They shall soon find out

5

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ

Indeed! They shall soon find out

6

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ اِ۬لۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدࣰ ا

Have We not laid out the earth as a cradle

7

وَاَلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادࣰ ا

And (nailed) the Mountains (down) as pegs

8

وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰ ا

We created you all in pairs

9

وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتࣰ ا

We created sleep for you to rest (and rejuvenate)

10

وَجَعَلۡنَا اَ۬لَّيۡلَ لِبَاسࣰ ا

We made the night (dark as) a cloak (that conceals and covers)

11

وَجَعَلۡنَا اَ۬لنَّهَارَ مَعَاشࣰ ا

And We made the day (bright) for (you to earn your) livelihood

12

وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعࣰ ا شِدَادࣰ ا

And We arranged seven (solid and) strong (cosmic systems) over you

13

وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجࣰ ا وَهَّاجࣰ ا

And We set up (the sun as) a bright and blazing lamp

14

وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ اَ۬لۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءࣰ ثَجَّاجࣰ ا

And We sent down plenty of water from the rain clouds

15

لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبࣰّ ا وَنَبَاتࣰ ا

To produce with it, the grains and the plants

16

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا

And lush and luxurious gardens

17

إِنَّ يَوۡمَ اَ۬لۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتࣰ ا

Certainly! The Day of Decision is a (destined and) definite day

18

يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي اِ۬لصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجࣰ ا

You will all emerge in droves on the day the trumpet sounds

19

وَفُتِّحَتِ اِ۬لسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبࣰ ا

And the heavens would be (uncovered and) opened, as if it had (many wide-open) gates

20

وَسُيِّرَتِ اِ۬لۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَت سَّرَابًا

And the mountains would be (dislodged and) set in motion; they would look like a mirage, (an illusion)

21

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادࣰ ا

Hell, in fact, lies in ambush

22

لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابࣰ ا

For the transgressors, it will become the (abiding) abode

23

لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابࣰ ا

In it, they will stay for a long stretch of time

24

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدࣰ ا وَلَا شَرَابًا

There they will not ever taste, much less drink, anything cool

25

إِلَّا حَمِيمࣰ ا وَغَسَاقࣰ ا

(They will drink) only boiling-hot water, and pus (from wounds)

26

جَزَآءࣰ وِفَاقًا

An apt and apposite outcome

27

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابࣰ ا

Indeed, never did they anticipate a reckoning

28

وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابࣰ ا

And falsely did they oppose Our verses (and signs)

29

وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبࣰ ا

We have recorded every single thing in a book

30

فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Now taste (the consequences of your deeds)! Suffering is all We shall ever bestow _ and increase _ upon you

31

إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

The triumphant finale shall belong to the pious

32

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبࣰ ا

The orchards and the vineyards

33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابࣰ ا

And blossoming buxom belle _ (the well matched maidens) _ as mates

34

وَكَأۡسࣰ ا دِهَاقࣰ ا

And the brimful cups (of wine)

35

لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوࣰ ا وَلَا كِذَّٰبࣰ ا

Inane nonsense talk and (false) gossip, they shall not hear in paradise

36

جَزَآءࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابࣰ ا

Compensation from your Lord, a bountiful and generous grant

37

رَّبُّ اُ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَاَلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا اَ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنُۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابࣰ ا

Before Rehman _ the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them _ they won´t dare to speak

38

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ اُ۬لرُّوحُ وَاَلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفࣰّ اۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ اُ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابࣰ ا

On that day, all souls and all angels shall stand (before Him) in rows. No one shall dare to speak unless Rehman grants permission, and on condition that he will speak only what is proper

39

ذَٰلِكَ اَ۬لۡيَوۡمُ اُ۬لۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ اَ۪تَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

Such is the day of the truth! (It is sure to arrive). Now, whoever wishes may seek the course towards his Lord

40

إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابࣰ ا قَرِيبࣰ ا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ اُ۬لۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ اُ۬لۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا

We have certainly warned you of the (imminent and) impending doom. On that day, man would look at the deeds he had sent ahead; he would say, "Alas! if I were only dust