Surah “The Tidings, The Announcement”

as rendered by Mohammad Shafi — 40 verses

78:1
What are they asking one another
78:2
About the most important topic [of Resurrection
78:3
Concerning which they differ
78:4
No, they will soon come to know
78:5
No, no, they will soon come to know [the Truth]
78:6
Have We not made the earth specially prepred [for sustenance of life]
78:7
And the mountains as stabilisers ?
78:8
And We created you in pairs
78:9
And We made your sleep a means of rest
78:10
And We made the night as cover
78:11
And We made the day for earning a livelihood
78:12
And We have built above you seven strong [firmaments/heavens/atmospeherioc layers]
78:13
And We have made a blazing source of light
78:14
And We send water pouring down in abundance from the rain-bearing clouds
78:15
So that We may produce therewith grain and vegetation
78:16
And gardens luxuriant
78:17
Indeed, the Day of Decision is a divinely appointed time
78:18
When that Day the trumpet is blown, you come out in droves
78:19
And the heaven is opened as if it were gates
78:20
And the mountains are moved away, as if they had been a mirage
78:21
Indeed, Hell is waiting
78:22
As home for the transgressors
78:23
They shall remain therein for ages
78:24
They shall taste therein neither coolness nor any drink
78:25
But boiling water and a pus-like thing
78:26
An appropriate recompense
78:27
They never expected to be called to account
78:28
And they falsely rejected Our signs/Verses
78:29
And We have recorded everything in a Book
78:30
"So taste now [the punishment;] for, now, We shall increase on you nothing but punishment!"
78:31
Indeed, for the pious ones, there is salvation
78:32
[They shall be in] gardens and vineyards
78:33
And [with] likeable companions
78:34
And cups filled to the brim
78:35
They shall not hear any idle talk, or any lies, therein
78:36
[Their life in the Hereafter] will be a reward from your Lord, a measured gift
78:37
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, the Gracious! None shall have it in their power [in His presence] to address Him
78:38
The Day the Spirit and the angels stand in rows, none shall speak except those whom the Lord of Mercy permits, and who will say only what is right
78:39
That Day is sure to come. So let him, who wishes to, take the right path to return to his Lord
78:40
We have warned you of Punishment that is near. The Day when it comes, man shall see what his hands had sent ahead, and he who has suppressed the Truth shall say, "Oh, would that I were dust!"