Surah “The Tidings, The Announcement”

as rendered by Dr. Kamal Omar — 40 verses

About what they ask one another
About the supreme News
that one: they thereof are those who differ
By no means! Soon they will come to know
Again, (I repeat), by no means! Soon they will come to know
Have We not made the earth as a bed and abode
And the mountains as pegs (to keep the earth stable)
And We created you in pairs (masculine and feminine)
And We made your sleep Subatan (means of rest and revival)
And We made the night as a raiment
And We established the Day-time for earning livelihood
And We have built over and above you seven (or many) strongly built (heavens)
And We have set a highly shining object emitting bright light (as the sun in the nearest heaven)
And We sent down from the laden clouds water, raining heavily
so that We may produce therewith corn and vegetations
and gardens of overwhelming growth
Verily, Youmul Fasl (the Day of Decision) is (to occur at) a fixed time
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, so you people would come forth in large groups
And the heaven is made opened, so it has turned into gates
And the mountains have been put in motion, so they have become a mirage
Truly, Hell has become a place of ambush
An abode for At-Taghun (those who cross the limits of beliefs and actions)
abiders therein for ages
They shall not taste therein anything cool and nor a (palatable) drink
except boiling water and a dark, murky, stinhead of state liquid —
(as) an exact recompense (to their beliefs and deeds)
Surely, they had not been loohead of state forward to Accountability
And they rejected and denied Ayaatina in a complete denial
And all things We have censussed and counted in the form of a Record
So taste you! So We never provide you an increase except (in the) torment
Verily, for the Muttaqun is meant the Place of success —
orchards and grape-yard
youthful personalities of identical age and nature
and a full cup (containing a non-intoxicating drink)
They shall not listen therein to Laghw, and nor falsehood —
as a reward from your Nourisher-Sustainer, a gift proportionate (to their performance)
Nourisher-Sustainer to the heavens and the earth, and whatever is in between those two, Ar-Rahman. People dare not speak to Him (against His Decision)
The Day Ar-Ruh (Jibriel) and (other) angels will stand forth in rows; people shall not speak except that (whom) Ar-Rahman has permitted unto him (to speak) and he said something commendable
That is Al-Yaumul Haqq. So whosoever desired he picked up to his Nourisher-Sustainer a place of (final) return
Verily We, We have warned you people of a torment very closeby — the Day a man will see what his two hands have sent forth in advance. And the disbeliever will say: “Oh, alas for me! Would that I were dust!”