Surah “The Tidings, The Announcement”

as rendered by Abdul Majid Daryabadi — 40 verses

78:1
Of what ask they
78:2
Of the mighty Announcement
78:3
Concerning which they differ
78:4
By no means! anon they shall know
78:5
Again, by no means! anon they shall know
78:6
Have We not made the earth an expanse
78:7
And the mountains as stakes
78:8
And We have created you in pairs
78:9
And We have made your sleep as a rest
78:10
And We have made the night a covering
78:11
And We have made the day for seeking livelihood
78:12
And We have builded over you seven strong heavens
78:13
And We have set therein lamps glowing
78:14
And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous
78:15
So that We bring forth thereby corn and vegetation
78:16
And gardens thick with trees
78:17
Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed
78:18
It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes
78:19
And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors
78:20
And the mountains will have been removed away, and they will have become as mirage
78:21
Verily the Hell is an ambuscade
78:22
For the exorbitant a receptacle
78:23
They will tarry therein for ages
78:24
They will not taste therein cool or any drink
78:25
Save scalding water and corruption
78:26
Recompense fitted
78:27
Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning
78:28
And they belied Our revelations with strong belying
78:29
And everything We have recorded in a book
78:30
Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment
78:31
Verily for the God-fearing is an achievement
78:32
Gardens enclosed and vineyards
78:33
And full-breasted maidens of equal age
78:34
And a cup overflowing
78:35
They will hear therein no babble nor falsehood
78:36
A recompense from thy Lord-a gift sufficient
78:37
From the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of whatsoever is in bet-ween them, the Compassionate with Whom they can demand not audience
78:38
On the Day whereon the spirits and the angels will stand arrayed, they will not be able to speak save him whom the Compassionate giveth leave and who speaketh aright
78:39
That is the Sure Day. Whosoever therefore willeth, let him betake Unto his Lord a resort
78:40
Verily We! We have warned you of a torment nigh at hand, a Day whereon a man shall behold that which his hands have sent forth, and the infidel will say: would that I were dust