Mishkatمِشْكَاة

Surah 78 · Meccan · 40 verses · juz 30

An-Naba سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ

The Announcement

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿1﴾

Whereof do they question one another?

78:1 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿2﴾

(It is) of the awful tidings,

78:2 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿3﴾

Concerning which they are in disagreement.

78:3 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿4﴾

Nay, but they will come to know!

78:4 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿5﴾

Nay, again, but they will come to know!

78:5 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا ﴿6﴾

Have We not made the earth an expanse,

78:6 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا ﴿7﴾

And the high hills bulwarks?

78:7 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ﴿8﴾

And We have created you in pairs,

78:8 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا ﴿9﴾

And have appointed your sleep for repose,

78:9 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا ﴿10﴾

And have appointed the night as a cloak,

78:10 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا ﴿11﴾

And have appointed the day for livelihood.

78:11 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا ﴿12﴾

And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

78:12 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا ﴿13﴾

And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

78:13 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا ﴿14﴾

And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

78:14 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا ﴿15﴾

Thereby to produce grain and plant,

78:15 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ﴿16﴾

And gardens of thick foliage.

78:16 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا ﴿17﴾

Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

78:17 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا ﴿18﴾

A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

78:18 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا ﴿19﴾

And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

78:19 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ﴿20﴾

And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

78:20 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا ﴿21﴾

Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

78:21 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا ﴿22﴾

A home for the rebellious.

78:22 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا ﴿23﴾

They will abide therein for ages.

78:23 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا ﴿24﴾

Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

78:24 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا ﴿25﴾

Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

78:25 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا ﴿26﴾

Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

78:26 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا ﴿27﴾

For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

78:27 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا ﴿28﴾

They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

78:28 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًۭا ﴿29﴾

Everything have We recorded in a Book.

78:29 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ﴿30﴾

So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

78:30 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 582 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ﴿31﴾

Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

78:31 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًۭا ﴿32﴾

Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

78:32 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا ﴿33﴾

And voluptuous women of equal age;

78:33 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا ﴿34﴾

And a full cup.

78:34 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا ﴿35﴾

There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

78:35 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا ﴿36﴾

Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

78:36 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا ﴿37﴾

Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

78:37 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا ﴿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.

78:38 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ﴿39﴾

That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

78:39 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ﴿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!"

78:40 · An-Naba · juz 30 · page 583 · tafsir at quran.com

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