Surah “The Tidings, The Announcement”

as rendered by Edip Yuksel — 40 verses

What are they inquiring about?
About the grand news.
The one which they are in disagreement about.
No, they will come to know.
No, then again, they will come to know.
Did We not make the earth a resting ground?
The mountains as pegs?
We created you in pairs?
We made your sleep for resting?
We made the night as a covering?
We made the day to work in?
We constructed above you seven mighty ones?
We made a flaming light?
We sent down abundant water from the rain clouds.
To bring out with it seeds and plants.
Gardens of thick growth?
The day of Separation is an appointed time.
The day when the horn is blown and you come in crowds.
The heaven is opened, so it becomes gates.
The mountains will be moved as if they were a mirage.
For hell is in wait.
For the transgressors it is a dwelling place.
They will abide in it for eons.
They will not taste anything cold in it nor drink.
Except for boiling water and filthy discharge.
A precise recompense.
They did not expect a reckoning/computation.
They denied Our signs greatly.
Everything We have counted in a record.
So taste it, for no increase will come to you from Us except in retribution.
As for the righteous, they will have success.
Gardens and vineyards.
Scrumptious and ripe.
A cup that is full.
They do not hear in it any vile talk or lies.
A reward from your Lord, in recognition for what is done.
The Lord of heavens and earth and what is between them, the Gracious. They do not possess any authority beside Him.
The day when the Spirit and the controllers stand in line, none will speak unless the Gracious permits him and he speaks what is true.
That is the day of truth, so let whoever wills seek a way to his Lord.
I have warned you of a retribution which is close, the day when man will look at what he has brought forth and the ingrate will say, "I wish I were dust!"