| | Musharraf Hussain rendition of Surah The Tidings, The Announcement(an-Naba`)
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| 78:1 | | What are they questioning one another about? |
| 78:2 | | Is it the awesome news |
| 78:3 | | that they are disputing? |
| 78:4 | | Nay, soon they will know, |
| 78:5 | | indeed very soon they will know. |
| 78:6 | | Didn’t We make the Earth a vast expanse, |
| 78:7 | | the mountains like mighty stakes? |
| 78:8 | | Didn’t We create you in pairs, |
| 78:9 | | made your sleep for resting, |
| 78:10 | | made the night a covering, |
| 78:11 | | and made the day for earning a livelihood? |
| 78:12 | | Didn’t We build seven durable skies over your head, |
| 78:13 | | the sun a brightly burning lamp, |
| 78:14 | | and sent down abundant rain pouring from storm clouds? |
| 78:15 | | So We produced cereals, plants, |
| 78:16 | | and gardens of dense greenery |
| 78:17 | | The time for the Day of Distinction is fixed; |
| 78:18 | | when the Trumpet will be blown and you will come in crowds that Day; |
| 78:19 | | when the sky is opened becoming a gateway, |
| 78:20 | | and the mountains will move as if they were a mirage. |
| 78:21 | | Hell lies in waiting, |
| 78:22 | | to receive the disobedient, their home; |
| 78:23 | | they will live there for ages and ages. |
| 78:24 | | There will be nothing cool to taste, nor anything to drink |
| 78:25 | | except boiling water and a dark foul fluid; |
| 78:26 | | a fitting reward! |
| 78:27 | | Since they never expected any kind of accounting, |
| 78:28 | | and denied our Scriptures. |
| 78:29 | | Yet We took account of everything in a Book, |
| 78:30 | | so it will be said to them: “Taste the punishment. We won’t add anything except punishment for you! |
| 78:31 | | The mindful will have a splendid success: |
| 78:32 | | gardens, vineyards, |
| 78:33 | | beautiful young companions of similar ages |
| 78:34 | | and an overflowing cup. |
| 78:35 | | They won’t hear idle talk or lies, |
| 78:36 | | a fitting reward and a gift from Your Lord |
| 78:37 | | Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between the two. The Most Kind will not allow them to speak |
| 78:38 | | on the Day when the Spirit Jibreel and the other angels will stand in rows, they won’t speak either without the Most Kind’s permission, and they will speak the truth. |
| 78:39 | | That’s the Day of Truth! So, anyone who wishes, let him take the road leading to His Lord. |
| 78:40 | | We certainly warned you of a punishment so near, the Day when every person will see what their own hands have produced, and the disbeliever will say, “Oh, I wish I were dust! |
