عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

'Amma Yatasaa-aloon

OF WHAT ARE they asking one another?

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 1

"عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ"

'Anin-nabaa-il 'azeem

(Is it) of the great announcement

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 2

"الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ"

Allazi hum feehi mukh talifoon

About which they have been differing?

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 3

"كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ"

Kallaa sa y'alamoon

Indeed they will come to know soon;

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 4

"ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ"

Thumma kallaa sa y'alamoon

They will indeed come to know soon.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 5

"أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا"

Alam naj'alil arda mihaa da

Did We not make the earth a spreading,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 6

"وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا"

Wal jibaala au taada

The mountains tent-pins?

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 7

"وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا"

Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja

We created you in pairs,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 8

"وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا"

Waja'alna naumakum subata

And made sleep for you to rest,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 9

"وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا"

Waja'alnal laila libasa

The night a covering,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 10

"وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا"

Waja'alnan nahara ma 'aasha

And the day for seeking livelihood.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 11

"وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا"

Wa banaina fauqakum sab 'an shi daada

We raised over you several secure (skies),

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 12

"وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا"

Waja'alna siraajaw wah haaja

And placed a lamp therein brightly burning.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 13

"وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا"

Wa anzalna minal m'usiraati maa-an thaj-jaaja

And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 14

"لِنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا"

Linukh rija bihee habbaw wana baata

That We may produce from it grain and vegetation,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 15

"وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا"

Wa jan naatin alfafa

And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 16

"إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا"

Inna yaumal-fasli kana miqaata

Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 17

"يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا"

Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja

The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes;

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 18

"وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا"

Wa futiha tis samaa-u fakaanat abwaaba

The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 19

"وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا"

Wa suyyi raatil jibaalu fa kaanat saraaba

The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 20

"إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا"

Inna jahan nama kaanat mirsaada

Certainly Hell lies in wait,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 21

"لِلطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا"

Lit taa gheena ma aaba

The rebels? abode,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 22

"لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا"

Laa bitheena feehaa ahqaaba

Where they will remain for aeons,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 23

"لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا"

Laa ya zooqoona feeha bar daw walaa sharaaba

Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drink

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 24

"إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا"

Illa hamee maw-wa ghas saaqa

Except boiling water and benumbing cold:

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 25

"جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا"

Jazaa-aw wi faaqa

, A fitting reward.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 26

"إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا"

Innahum kaanu laa yarjoona hisaaba

They were those who did not expect a reckoning,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 27

"وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا"

Wa kazzabu bi aayaa tina kizzaba

And rejected Our signs as lies.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 28

"وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا"

Wa kulla shai-in ahsai naahu kitaa ba

We have kept account of everything in a book.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 29

"فَذُوقُوا فَلَنْ نَزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا"

Fa zooqoo falan-nazee dakum ill-laa azaaba

So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 30

"إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا"

Inna lil mutta qeena mafaaza

As for those who preserve themselves from evil and follow the straight path, there is attainment for them:

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 31

"حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا"

Hadaa-iqa wa a'anaa ba

Orchards and vineyards,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 32

"وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا"

Wa kaawa 'iba at raaba

And graceful maidens of the same age,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 33

"وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا"

Wa ka'san di haaqa

And flasks full and flowing.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 34

"لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا"

Laa yasma'oona fiha lagh waw walaa kizzaba

They will hear no blasphemies there or disavowals:

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 35

"جَزَاءً مِنْ رَبِّكَ عَطَاءً حِسَابًا"

Jazaa-am mir-rabbika ataa-an hisaaba

A recompense from your Lord, a sufficient gift,

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 36

"رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا"

Rabbis samaa waati wal ardi wa maa baina humar rahmaani laa yam likoona minhu khitaaba

The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all that lies between them, most benevolent, to whom none may dare address a word.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 37

"يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ …ْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا"

Yauma yaqoo mur roohu wal malaa-ikatu saf-fal laa yatakallamoona illa man azina lahur rahmaanu wa qaala sawaaba

The day the Spirit takes its stand, with the angels ranged in rows. None will speak except who is permitted by Ar-Rahman and says what is right.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 38

"ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَق…َ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ مَآبًا"

Zaalikal yaumul haqqu faman shaa-at ta khaaza ill-laa rabbihi ma-aaba

That day is certain. So whosoever likes may prepare a way to his Lord.

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 39

"إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا"

In naa anzar naakum azaaban qareebaiy-yauma yan zurul marr-u maa qaddamat yadaahu wa ya qoolul-kaafiru yaa lai tanee kuntu turaaba

We have indeed warned you of a calamity near at hand, a day when man will see what he had sent (of his deeds) ahead, and the unbeliever will say: "Woe alas. Ah would that I were dust!"

Surah Number : 78 , Ayat Number : 40