— About what are they asking one another? 78:3 ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ — That over which they are in disagreement. 78:5 ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ — Then, no! They are going to know. 78:6 أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا — Have We not made the earth a resting place? — And the mountains as stakes? 1 78:8 وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا 78:9 وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا — And made your sleep [a means for] rest 78:10 وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا — And made the night as clothing 1. 78:11 وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا — And made the day for livelihood. 78:12 وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا — And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]. 78:13 وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا — And made [therein] a burning lamp 78:14 وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا — And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water. 78:15 لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا — That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation. — And gardens of entwined growth. 78:17 إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا — Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time - 78:18 يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا — The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 78:19 وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا — And the heaven is opened and will become gateways. 78:20 وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا — And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 78:21 إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا — Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait — For the transgressors, a place of return, 78:23 لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا — In which they will remain for ages [unending]. 78:24 لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا — They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink. 78:25 إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا — Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 78:27 إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا — Indeed, they were not expecting an account 78:28 وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا — And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 78:29 وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا — But all things We have enumerated in writing. 78:30 فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا — "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 1 78:31 إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا — Indeed, for the righteous is attainment 1 - — And full-breasted [companions] of equal age. 78:35 لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا — No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood - 78:36 جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا — [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account, 1 78:37 رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا — [From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech. 1 78:38 يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا — The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct. 78:39 ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا — That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return. 1 78:40 إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا — Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth 1 and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"