Read Surah An-Naba — Full Text with Transliteration
The Great News · 40 ayahs · Makki · Uthmani & Indo-Pak script with English transliteration and translation
78. An-Naba — The Great News
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ78:1
'Amma Yatasaa-aloon
About what are they asking one another?
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ78:2
'Anin-nabaa-il 'azeem
About the great news -
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ78:3
Allazi hum feehi mukh talifoon
That over which they are in disagreement.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ78:4
Kallaa sa y'alamoon
No! They are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ78:5
Thumma kallaa sa y'alamoon
Then, no! They are going to know.
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًۭا78:6
Alam naj'alil arda mihaa da
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا78:7
Wal jibaala au taada
And the mountains as stakes?
وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا78:8
Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja
And We created you in pairs
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا78:9
Waja'alnan naumakum subata
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا78:10
Waja'alnal laila libasa
And made the night as clothing
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا78:11
Waja'alnan nahara ma 'aasha
And made the day for livelihood
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا78:12
Wa banaina fauqakum sab 'an shi daada
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا78:13
Waja'alna siraajaw wah haaja
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا78:14
Wa anzalna minal m'usiraati maa-an saj-jaaja
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا78:15
Linukh rija bihee habbaw wana baata
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا78:16
Wa jan naatin alfafa
And gardens of entwined growth.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًۭا78:17
Inna yaumal-fasli kana miqaata
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا78:18
Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا78:19
Wa futiha tis samaa-u fakaanat abwaaba
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا78:20
Wa suyyi raatil jibaalu fa kaanat saraaba
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا78:21
Inna jahan nama kaanat mirsaada
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا78:22
Lit taa gheena ma aaba
For the transgressors, a place of return,
لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا78:23
Laa bitheena feehaa ahqaaba
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا78:24
Laa ya zooqoona feeha bar daw walaa sharaaba
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا78:25
Illa hamee maw-wa ghas saaqa
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا78:26
Jazaa-aw wi faaqa
An appropriate recompense.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا78:27
Innahum kaanu laa yarjoona hisaaba
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا78:28
Wa kazzabu bi aayaa tina kizzaba
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًۭا78:29
Wa kulla shai-in ahsai naahu kitaa ba
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا78:30
Fa zooqoo falan-nazee dakum ill-laa azaaba
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا78:31
Inna lil mutta qeena mafaaza
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًۭا78:32
Hadaa-iqa wa a'anaa ba
Gardens and grapevines
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا78:33
Wa kaawa 'iba at raaba
And full-breasted [companions] of equal age
وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا78:34
Wa ka'san di haaqa
And a full cup.
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا78:35
Laa yasma'oona fiha lagh waw walaa kizzaba
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا78:36
Jazaa-am mir-rabbika ataa-an hisaaba
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا78:37
Rabbis samaa waati wal ardi wa maa baina humar rahmaani laa yam likoona minhu khi taaba
[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.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا78:38
Yauma yaqoo mur roohu wal malaa-ikatu saf-fal laa yata kalla moona illa man azina lahur rahmaanu wa qaala sawaaba
The Day that the Spirit 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 مَـَٔابًا78:39
Zaalikal yaumul haqqu faman shaa-at ta khaaza ill-laa rabbihi ma-aaba
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا78:40
In naa anzar naakum azaaban qareebaiy-yauma yan zurul marr-u maa qaddamat yadaahu wa ya qoolul-kaafiru yaa lai tanee kuntu turaaba
Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"