| | Shabbir Ahmed rendition of Surah The Tidings, The Announcement(an-Naba`)
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| 78:1 | | What are they asking about |
| 78:2 | | About the Great News |
| 78:3 | | On which they disagree |
| 78:4 | | Nay, they will soon come to know |
| 78:5 | | Nay, again, they will soon come to know |
| 78:6 | | Did We not make the earth a cradle for you |
| 78:7 | | And the mountains as pegs |
| 78:8 | | And We have created you in pairs |
| 78:9 | | And We have made sleep so that you can rest |
| 78:10 | | And We have made the night as a cloak |
| 78:11 | | And made the day, life. ('Ma'ash' = Economy = Subsistence = All activities of life = The state of living) |
| 78:12 | | And We have built above you seven Cosmic Systems |
| 78:13 | | And We have placed a Dazzling Lamp |
| 78:14 | | And We send down from the rainy clouds abundant water |
| 78:15 | | Thereby to bring forth grain and plant |
| 78:16 | | And gardens of dense foliage |
| 78:17 | | Behold, the Day of Decision is a thing appointed |
| 78:18 | | A Day when the Trumpet is blown, and you come in throngs |
| 78:19 | | When the gates of the sky are flung open. (Mankind learn about the high space) |
| 78:20 | | And the 'great ones' lose power as if they were mirage. (20:105), (56:5), (77:10), (81:3) |
| 78:21 | | Behold, Hell lurks in ambush |
| 78:22 | | A home for the transgressors |
| 78:23 | | They will abide in it for ages. (Hell is not forever. Allah's Grace comes to rescue the dwellers of the Hellfire (6:128), (11:107), (40:12). While the abode of Paradise is Eternal) |
| 78:24 | | Therein they taste not coolness of comfort nor drink of satisfaction |
| 78:25 | | Only burning anguish and ice-cold darkness. (38:37) |
| 78:26 | | A befitting requital |
| 78:27 | | For, behold, they never hoped to be held accountable |
| 78:28 | | And they called Our Messages false with an adamant denial |
| 78:29 | | But We place on Record everything |
| 78:30 | | So, now, taste nothing but increasing punishment |
| 78:31 | | Behold, there is supreme fulfillment for those who walk aright |
| 78:32 | | Beautiful gardens and vineyards |
| 78:33 | | And splendid companions, well-matched. (56:37) |
| 78:34 | | And a cup of delight overflowing |
| 78:35 | | They shall hear no senseless talk, nor falsification therein |
| 78:36 | | Reward from your Lord, a generous gift |
| 78:37 | | Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is in between them, the Beneficent. None has the power to lecture Him |
| 78:38 | | On the Day when the Divine Energy and the Universal forces stand forth in ranks, none will speak but he whom the Beneficent allows and say only what is right |
| 78:39 | | That Day will be the Moment of Truth. So whoever wills, let him take the path that leads toward his Sustainer |
| 78:40 | | Behold, We warn you of a retribution near at hand. A Day when every person will see what his own hands have sent forth. And when the denier of the Truth will say, "Oh, I wish I were mere dust." |
