Surah “The Tidings, The Announcement”

as rendered by Maududi — 40 verses

78:1
About what are they asking one another
78:2
Is it about the awesome tiding
78:3
that they are in utter disagreement
78:4
No indeed; soon will they come to know
78:5
again, no indeed; soon will they come to know
78:6
Have We not spread the earth like a bed
78:7
and fixed the mountains like pegs
78:8
and created you in pairs (as men and women)
78:9
and made your sleep a means of repose
78:10
and made the night a covering
78:11
and made the day to seek livelihood
78:12
and built above you seven strong firmaments
78:13
and placed therein a hot, shining lamp
78:14
and sent down abundant water from the cloud
78:15
so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation
78:16
and gardens dense with foliage
78:17
Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time
78:18
the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes
78:19
and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors
78:20
and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage
78:21
Surely the Hell is an ambush
78:22
a resort for the rebellious
78:23
therein they shall abide for ages
78:24
they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink
78:25
save boiling water and wash of the wounds
78:26
a befitting recompense for their deeds
78:27
For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning
78:28
and roundly denied Our Signs as false
78:29
And everything have We recorded in a Book
78:30
So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment
78:31
Surely the state of triumph awaits the God-fearing
78:32
gardens and vineyards
78:33
and youthful maidens of like age
78:34
and an overflowing cup
78:35
Therein they shall hear no idle talk, nor any falsehood
78:36
a recompense from your Lord and an ample reward
78:37
from the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of that which is between them; the Most Merciful Lord before Whom none dare utter a word
78:38
The Day when the Spirit and the angels are ranged row on row. None shall speak save he whom the Merciful Lord will permit; and he too will speak what is right
78:39
That Day is sure to come. So let him who will seek a resort with his Lord
78:40
Lo! We warn you of a chastisement near at hand; the Day when a man will look on what his own hands have sent forth, and the unbelievers shall say: "Oh would that I were utter dust."