عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١
ʿamma yatasāalūna
1. About what are they asking one another?
Surah An-Naba transliteration
سورة النبإ
Here is Surah An-Naba (“The Tidings”) in transliteration: each of its 40 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٢
ʿani l-naba-i l-ʿaẓīmi
2. About the great news1821 -
Notes
[1821] i.e., the Resurrection.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ٣
alladhī hum fīhi mukh'talifūna
3. That over which they are in disagreement.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ٤
kallā sayaʿlamūna
4. No! They are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ٥
thumma kallā sayaʿlamūna
5. Then, no! They are going to know.
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا ٦
alam najʿali l-arḍa mihādan
6. Have We not made the earth a resting place?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ٧
wal-jibāla awtādan
7. And the mountains as stakes?1822
Notes
[1822] To stabilize the land and balance the earth.
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ٨
wakhalaqnākum azwājan
8. And We created you in pairs
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا ٩
wajaʿalnā nawmakum subātan
9. And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا ١٠
wajaʿalnā al-layla libāsan
10. And made the night as clothing1823
Notes
[1823] Covering you in darkness and providing rest.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا ١١
wajaʿalnā l-nahāra maʿāshan
11. And made the day for livelihood
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا ١٢
wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādan
12. And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا ١٣
wajaʿalnā sirājan wahhājan
13. And made [therein] a burning lamp
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا ١٤
wa-anzalnā mina l-muʿ'ṣirāti māan thajjājan
14. And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا ١٥
linukh'rija bihi ḥabban wanabātan
15. That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ١٦
wajannātin alfāfan
16. And gardens of entwined growth.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا ١٧
inna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātan
17. Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا ١٨
yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri fatatūna afwājan
18. The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا ١٩
wafutiḥati l-samāu fakānat abwāban
19. And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ٢٠
wasuyyirati l-jibālu fakānat sarāban
20. And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا ٢١
inna jahannama kānat mir'ṣādan
21. Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا ٢٢
lilṭṭāghīna maāban
22. For the transgressors, a place of return,
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا ٢٣
lābithīna fīhā aḥqāban
23. In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا ٢٤
lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan walā sharāban
24. They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا ٢٥
illā ḥamīman waghassāqan
25. Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا ٢٦
jazāan wifāqan
26. An appropriate recompense.1824
Notes
[1824] In proportion to and comparable with their crimes.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا ٢٧
innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisāban
27. Indeed, they were not expecting an account
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا ٢٨
wakadhabū biāyātinā kidhāban
28. And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا ٢٩
wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu kitāban
29. But all things We have enumerated in writing.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ٣٠
fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhāban
30. "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."1825
Notes
[1825] This announcement will be made to the companions of Hell.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ٣١
inna lil'muttaqīna mafāzan
31. Indeed, for the righteous is attainment1826 -
Notes
[1826] Of security, success and reward, including escape and safety from Hell.
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا ٣٢
ḥadāiqa wa-aʿnāban
32. Gardens and grapevines
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا ٣٣
wakawāʿiba atrāban
33. And young women [companions] of equal age.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا ٣٤
wakasan dihāqan
34. And a full cup.1827
Notes
[1827] Of wine which is delicious and does not intoxicate.
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا ٣٥
lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā kidhāban
35. No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا ٣٦
jazāan min rabbika ʿaṭāan ḥisāban
36. [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,1828
Notes
[1828] i.e., as a result of both their own righteous deeds and the limitless generosity of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) . Another meaning is "a gift calculated [to be adequate]."
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا ٣٧
rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-raḥmāni lā yamlikūna min'hu khiṭāban
37. [From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.1829
Notes
[1829] None of Allāh's creatures can plead with Him on the Day of Judgement except by His permission.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا ٣٨
yawma yaqūmu l-rūḥu wal-malāikatu ṣaffan lā yatakallamūna illā man adhina lahu l-raḥmānu waqāla ṣawāban
38. The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ٣٩
dhālika l-yawmu l-ḥaqu faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi maāban
39. That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.1830
Notes
[1830] i.e., a direct route through correct beliefs and righteous deeds.
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ٤٠
innā andharnākum ʿadhāban qarīban yawma yanẓuru l-maru mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlu l-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turāban
40. Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth1831 and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
Notes
[1831] i.e., the deeds he did in this world, which await him in the Hereafter.
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