In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent,
the Merciful.
[78.1]
Of what do they ask one another?
[78.3]
About which they differ?
[78.4]
Nay!
they shall soon come to know
[78.5]
Nay!
Nay!
they shall soon know.
[78.6]
Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
[78.7]
And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
[78.8]
And We created you in pairs,
[78.9]
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
[78.10]
And We made the night to be a covering,
[78.11]
And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
2.
And We made above you seven strong ones,
[78.13]
And We made a shining lamp,
[78.14]
And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
[78.15]
That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
[78.16]
And gardens dense and luxuriant.
[78.17]
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
[78.18]
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you.
shall come forth in hosts,
19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
[78.20]
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
[78.21]
Surely hell lies in wait,
[78.22]
A place of resort for the inordinate,
[78.23]
Living therein for ages.
[78.24]
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
[78.25]
But boiling and intensely cold water,
[78.26]
Requital corresponding.
[78.27]
Surely they feared not the account,
[78.28]
And called Our communications a lie,
giving the lie (to the truth).
[78.29]
And We have recorded everything in a book,
[78.30]
So taste!
for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
[78.31]
Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
[78.32]
Gardens and vineyards,
[78.33]
And those showing freshness of youth,
equals in age,
[78.35]
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
[78.36]
A reward from your Lord,
a gift according to a reckoning:
[78.37]
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them,
the Beneficent God,
they shall not be able to address Him.
[78.38]
The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks;
they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent God permits and who speaks the right thing.
[78.39]
That is the sure day,
so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
[78.40]
Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand:
the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before,
and the unbeliever shall say:
O!
would that I were dust!