Surah “The Tidings, The Announcement”

as rendered by Hamid S. Aziz — 40 verses

78:1
Of what do they question one another
78:2
About the Great News
78:3
About which they are in disagreement
78:4
Verily, they shall soon come to know
78:5
Verily, verily, they shall soon come to know
78:6
Have We not made the earth an expanse
78:7
And the mountains as projections (thereon)
78:8
And created you in pairs
78:9
And made your sleep for rest
78:10
And made the night to be a covering
78:11
And made the day for livelihood and activity
78:12
And made above you seven firmaments (heavens)
78:13
And placed therein a shining lamp (the Sun)
78:14
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance
78:15
That We may bring forth thereby corn and vegetable
78:16
And gardens dense and luxuriant
78:17
Surely the Day of Decision (or Sorting ) is a thing appointed
78:18
The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts
78:19
And the heaven shall be opened as if it were all doors
78:20
And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance
78:21
Surely hell lies in ambush
78:22
A destination for those who transgress the bounds
78:23
Abiding therein for ages
78:24
They shall not taste therein anything cool nor drink
78:25
But boiling and intensely cold water
78:26
Requital corresponding (or proportional to their state)
78:27
Surely they feared not the account
78:28
And called Our revelations a lie with strong denial
78:29
And We have preserved all things in a Record
78:30
"So taste you (the fruits of your deeds)! For We will not add to you aught but torment
78:31
Surely for the righteous is achievement (or success, self-fulfilment)
78:32
Gardens and vineyards
78:33
And those showing freshness of youth, equals in age
78:34
And a pure cup
78:35
They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying
78:36
A reward from your Lord, a gift according to reckoning (or sufficient)
78:37
From the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, with whom none can argue
78:38
The day on which the Spirit and the angels shall stand arrayed; they speak not except him whom the Beneficent permits and who speaks aright
78:39
That is the Day of Certain Reality, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord
78:40
Surely We have warned you of a doom near at hand: the day when man shall see that which his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say, "O! Would that I were dust!"