Surah 78 of 114
سُوْرَةُ النَّبَاِ
An-Naba
The Announcement
What are they asking one another about
About the momentous news
over which they disagree
But no! They will come to know
Again, no! They will come to know
Have We not smoothed out the earth ˹like a bed˺
and ˹made˺ the mountains as ˹its˺ pegs
and created you in pairs
and made your sleep for rest
and made the night as a cover
and made the day for livelihood
and built above you seven mighty ˹heavens˺
and placed ˹in them˺ a shining lamp
and sent down from rainclouds pouring water
producing by it grain and ˹various˺ plants
and dense orchards
Indeed, the Day of ˹Final˺ Decision is an appointed time—
˹it is˺ the Day the Trumpet will be blown, and you will ˹all˺ come forth in crowds
The sky will be ˹split˺ open, becoming ˹many˺ gates
and the mountains will be blown away, becoming ˹like˺ a mirage
Indeed, Hell is lying in ambush
as a home for the transgressors
where they will remain for ˹endless˺ ages
There they will not taste any coolness or drink
except boiling water and ˹oozing˺ pus—
a fitting reward
For they never expected any reckoning
and totally rejected Our signs
And We have everything recorded precisely
˹So the deniers will be told,˺ “Taste ˹the punishment˺, for all you will get from Us is more torment.”
Indeed, the righteous will have salvation—
Gardens, vineyards
and full-bosomed maidens of equal age
and full cups ˹of pure wine˺
never to hear any idle talk or lying therein—
a ˹fitting˺ reward as a generous gift from your Lord
the Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between, the Most Compassionate. No one will dare speak to Him
on the Day the ˹holy˺ spirit and the angels will stand in ranks. None will talk, except those granted permission by the Most Compassionate and whose words are true
That Day is the ˹ultimate˺ truth. So let whoever wills take the path leading back to their Lord
Indeed, We have warned you of an imminent punishment—the Day every person will see ˹the consequences of˺ what their hands have done, and the disbelievers will cry, “I wish I were dust.”