Surah An-Naba (The Announcement) – Arabic, Translation & Audio

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1. 78:1▶

   عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿١﴾

   'Amma Yatasaa-aloon

   Whereof do they question one another?

2. 78:2▶

   عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٢﴾

   'Anin-nabaa-il 'azeem

   (It is) of the awful tidings,

3. 78:3▶

   ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   Allazi hum feehi mukh talifoon

   Concerning which they are in disagreement.

4. 78:4▶

   كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   Kallaa sa y'alamoon

   Nay, but they will come to know!

5. 78:5▶

   ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٥﴾

   Thumma kallaa sa y'alamoon

   Nay, again, but they will come to know!

6. 78:6▶

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا ﴿٦﴾

   Alam naj'alil arda mihaa da

   Have We not made the earth an expanse,

7. 78:7▶

   وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا ﴿٧﴾

   Wal jibaala au taada

   And the high hills bulwarks?

8. 78:8▶

   وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ﴿٨﴾

   Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja

   And We have created you in pairs,

9. 78:9▶

   وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا ﴿٩﴾

   Waja'alnan naumakum subata

   And have appointed your sleep for repose,

10. 78:10▶

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا ﴿١٠﴾

    Waja'alnal laila libasa

    And have appointed the night as a cloak,

11. 78:11▶

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا ﴿١١﴾

    Waja'alnan nahara ma 'aasha

    And have appointed the day for livelihood.

12. 78:12▶

    وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا ﴿١٢﴾

    Wa banaina fauqakum sab 'an shi daada

    And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

13. 78:13▶

    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا ﴿١٣﴾

    Waja'alna siraajaw wah haaja

    And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

14. 78:14▶

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا ﴿١٤﴾

    Wa anzalna minal m'usiraati maa-an saj-jaaja

    And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

15. 78:15▶

    لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا ﴿١٥﴾

    Linukh rija bihee habbaw wana baata

    Thereby to produce grain and plant,

16. 78:16▶

    وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا ﴿١٦﴾

    Wa jan naatin alfafa

    And gardens of thick foliage.

17. 78:17▶

    إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا ﴿١٧﴾

    Inna yaumal-fasli kana miqaata

    Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

18. 78:18▶

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا ﴿١٨﴾

    Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja

    A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

19. 78:19▶

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا ﴿١٩﴾

    Wa futiha tis samaa-u fakaanat abwaaba

    And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

20. 78:20▶

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ﴿٢٠﴾

    Wa suyyi raatil jibaalu fa kaanat saraaba

    And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

Surah An-Naba, continued from ayah 21

21. 78:21▶

    إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا ﴿٢١﴾

    Inna jahan nama kaanat mirsaada

    Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

22. 78:22▶

    لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا ﴿٢٢﴾

    Lit taa gheena ma aaba

    A home for the rebellious.

23. 78:23▶

    لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا ﴿٢٣﴾

    Laa bitheena feehaa ahqaaba

    They will abide therein for ages.

24. 78:24▶

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا ﴿٢٤﴾

    Laa ya zooqoona feeha bar daw walaa sharaaba

    Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

25. 78:25▶

    إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا ﴿٢٥﴾

    Illa hamee maw-wa ghas saaqa

    Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

26. 78:26▶

    جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا ﴿٢٦﴾

    Jazaa-aw wi faaqa

    Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

27. 78:27▶

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا ﴿٢٧﴾

    Innahum kaanu laa yarjoona hisaaba

    For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

28. 78:28▶

    وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا ﴿٢٨﴾

    Wa kazzabu bi aayaa tina kizzaba

    They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

29. 78:29▶

    وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًۭا ﴿٢٩﴾

    Wa kulla shai-in ahsai naahu kitaa ba

    Everything have We recorded in a Book.

30. 78:30▶

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ﴿٣٠﴾

    Fa zooqoo falan-nazee dakum ill-laa azaaba

    So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

31. 78:31▶

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ﴿٣١﴾

    Inna lil mutta qeena mafaaza

    Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

32. 78:32▶

    حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًۭا ﴿٣٢﴾

    Hadaa-iqa wa a'anaa ba

    Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

33. 78:33▶

    وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا ﴿٣٣﴾

    Wa kaawa 'iba at raaba

    And voluptuous women of equal age;

34. 78:34▶

    وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا ﴿٣٤﴾

    Wa ka'san di haaqa

    And a full cup.

35. 78:35▶

    لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا ﴿٣٥﴾

    Laa yasma'oona fiha lagh waw walaa kizzaba

    There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

36. 78:36▶

    جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا ﴿٣٦﴾

    Jazaa-am mir-rabbika ataa-an hisaaba

    Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

37. 78:37▶

    رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا ﴿٣٧﴾

    Rabbis samaa waati wal ardi wa maa baina humar rahmaani laa yam likoona minhu khi taaba

    Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

38. 78:38▶

    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا ﴿٣٨﴾

    Yauma yaqoo mur roohu wal malaa-ikatu saf-fal laa yata kalla moona illa man azina lahur rahmaanu wa qaala sawaaba

    On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

39. 78:39▶

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ﴿٣٩﴾

    Zaalikal yaumul haqqu faman shaa-at ta khaaza ill-laa rabbihi ma-aaba

    That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

40. 78:40▶

    إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا ﴿٤٠﴾

    In naa anzar naakum azaaban qareebaiy-yauma yan zurul marr-u maa qaddamat yadaahu wa ya qoolul-kaafiru yaa lai tanee kuntu turaaba

    Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"

Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.

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