Surah An-Naba: word by word, transliteration and English translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Transliteration ʿamma yatasāalūna

English About what are they asking one another?

1. عَمَّʿammaAbout what
2. يَتَسَآءَلُونَyatasāalūnaare they asking one another

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration ʿani l-naba-i l-ʿaẓīmi

English About the great news -

1. عَنِʿaniAbout
2. ٱلنَّبَإِl-naba-ithe News
3. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Great

ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ

Transliteration alladhī hum fīhi mukh'talifūna

English That over which they are in disagreement.

1. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(About) which
2. هُمْhumthey
3. فِيهِfīhi(are) concerning it
4. مُخْتَلِفُونَmukh'talifūna(in) disagreement

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration kallā sayaʿlamūna

English No! They are going to know.

1. كَلَّاkallāNay
2. سَيَعْلَمُونَsayaʿlamūna(soon) they will know

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration thumma kallā sayaʿlamūna

English Then, no! They are going to know.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. كَلَّاkallāNay
3. سَيَعْلَمُونَsayaʿlamūna(soon) they will know

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا

Transliteration alam najʿali l-arḍa mihādan

English Have We not made the earth a resting place?

1. أَلَمْalamHave not
2. نَجْعَلِnajʿaliWe made
3. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
4. مِهَـٰدًۭاmihādana resting place

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

Transliteration wal-jibāla awtādan

English And the mountains as stakes?

1. وَٱلْجِبَالَwal-jibālaAnd the mountains
2. أَوْتَادًۭاawtādan(as) pegs

وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا

Transliteration wakhalaqnākum azwājan

English And We created you in pairs.

1. وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْwakhalaqnākumAnd We created you
2. أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan(in) pairs

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Transliteration wajaʿalnā nawmakum subātan

English And made your sleep [a means for] rest

1. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We made
2. نَوْمَكُمْnawmakumyour sleep
3. سُبَاتًۭاsubātan(for) rest

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Transliteration wajaʿalnā al-layla libāsan

English And made the night as clothing.

1. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We made
2. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
3. لِبَاسًۭاlibāsan(as) covering

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

Transliteration wajaʿalnā l-nahāra maʿāshan

English And made the day for livelihood.

1. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We made
2. ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
3. مَعَاشًۭاmaʿāshan(for) livelihood

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Transliteration wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādan

English And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].

1. وَبَنَيْنَاwabanaynāAnd We constructed
2. فَوْقَكُمْfawqakumover you
3. سَبْعًۭاsabʿanseven
4. شِدَادًۭاshidādanstrong

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

Transliteration wajaʿalnā sirājan wahhājan

English And made [therein] a burning lamp

1. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We placed
2. سِرَاجًۭاsirājana lamp
3. وَهَّاجًۭاwahhājanburning

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا

Transliteration wa-anzalnā mina l-muʿ'ṣirāti māan thajjājan

English And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water.

1. وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāAnd We sent down
2. مِنَminafrom
3. ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِl-muʿ'ṣirātithe rain clouds
4. مَآءًۭmāanwater
5. ثَجَّاجًۭاthajjājanpouring abundantly

لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا

Transliteration linukh'rija bihi ḥabban wanabātan

English That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.

1. لِّنُخْرِجَlinukh'rijaThat We may bring forth
2. بِهِۦbihithereby
3. حَبًّۭاḥabbangrain
4. وَنَبَاتًۭاwanabātanand vegetation

وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا

Transliteration wajannātin alfāfan

English And gardens of entwined growth.

1. وَجَنَّـٰتٍwajannātinAnd gardens
2. أَلْفَافًاalfāfan(of) thick foliage

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا

Transliteration inna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātan

English Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
3. ٱلْفَصْلِl-faṣli(of) the Judgment
4. كَانَkānais
5. مِيقَـٰتًۭاmīqātanan appointed time

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

Transliteration yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri fatatūna afwājan

English The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يُنفَخُyunfakhu(in which) shall be blown
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلصُّورِl-ṣūrithe trumpet
5. فَتَأْتُونَfatatūnaand you will come forth
6. أَفْوَاجًۭاafwājan(in) crowds

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

Transliteration wafutiḥati l-samāu fakānat abwāban

English And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.

1. وَفُتِحَتِwafutiḥatiAnd is opened
2. ٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe heaven
3. فَكَانَتْfakānatand becomes
4. أَبْوَٰبًۭاabwābangateways

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

Transliteration wasuyyirati l-jibālu fakānat sarāban

English And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

1. وَسُيِّرَتِwasuyyiratiAnd are moved
2. ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
3. فَكَانَتْfakānatand become
4. سَرَابًاsarābana mirage

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا

Transliteration inna jahannama kānat mir'ṣādan

English Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
3. كَانَتْkānatis
4. مِرْصَادًۭاmir'ṣādanlying in wait

لِّلطَّـٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا

Transliteration lilṭṭāghīna maāban

English For the transgressors, a place of return,

1. لِّلطَّـٰغِينَlilṭṭāghīnaFor the transgressors
2. مَـَٔابًۭاmaābana place of return

لَّـٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا

Transliteration lābithīna fīhā aḥqāban

English In which they will remain for ages [unending].

1. لَّـٰبِثِينَlābithīna(They will) be remaining
2. فِيهَآfīhātherein
3. أَحْقَابًۭاaḥqāban(for) ages

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

Transliteration lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardan walā sharāban

English They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

1. لَّاlāNot
2. يَذُوقُونَyadhūqūnathey will taste
3. فِيهَاfīhātherein
4. بَرْدًۭاbardancoolness
5. وَلَاwalāand not
6. شَرَابًاsharābanany drink

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا

Transliteration illā ḥamīman waghassāqan

English Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. حَمِيمًۭاḥamīmanscalding water
3. وَغَسَّاقًۭاwaghassāqanand purulence

جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا

Transliteration jazāan wifāqan

English An appropriate recompense.

1. جَزَآءًۭjazāanA recompense
2. وِفَاقًاwifāqanappropriate

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

Transliteration innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisāban

English Indeed, they were not expecting an account

1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
2. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
3. لَاlānot
4. يَرْجُونَyarjūnaexpecting
5. حِسَابًۭاḥisābanan account

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا

Transliteration wakadhabū biāyātinā kidhāban

English And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

1. وَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūAnd they denied
2. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
3. كِذَّابًۭاkidhāban(with) denial

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًا

Transliteration wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu kitāban

English But all things We have enumerated in writing.

1. وَكُلَّwakullaAnd every
2. شَىْءٍshayinthing
3. أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُaḥṣaynāhuWe have enumerated it
4. كِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban(in) a Book

فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

Transliteration fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhāban

English "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

1. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo taste
2. فَلَنfalanand never
3. نَّزِيدَكُمْnazīdakumWe will increase you
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. عَذَابًاʿadhāban(in) punishment

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

Transliteration inna lil'muttaqīna mafāzan

English Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous
3. مَفَازًاmafāzan(is) success

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَـٰبًا

Transliteration ḥadāiqa wa-aʿnāban

English Gardens and grapevines.

1. حَدَآئِقَḥadāiqaGardens
2. وَأَعْنَـٰبًۭاwa-aʿnābanand grapevines

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

Transliteration wakawāʿiba atrāban

English And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.

1. وَكَوَاعِبَwakawāʿibaAnd splendid companions
2. أَتْرَابًۭاatrābanwell-matched

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا

Transliteration wakasan dihāqan

English And a full cup.

1. وَكَأْسًۭاwakasanAnd a cup
2. دِهَاقًۭاdihāqanfull

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا

Transliteration lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā kidhāban

English No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

1. لَّاlāNot
2. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey will hear
3. فِيهَاfīhātherein
4. لَغْوًۭاlaghwanany vain talk
5. وَلَاwalāand not
6. كِذَّٰبًۭاkidhābanany falsehood

جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا

Transliteration jazāan min rabbika ʿaṭāan ḥisāban

English [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

1. جَزَآءًۭjazāan(As) a reward
2. مِّنminfrom
3. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
4. عَطَآءًʿaṭāana gift
5. حِسَابًۭاḥisāban(according to) account

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا

Transliteration rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-raḥmāni lā yamlikūna min'hu khiṭāban

English [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. رَّبِّrabbiLord
2. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
3. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
4. وَمَاwamāand whatever
5. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between both of them
6. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
7. لَاlānot
8. يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have power
9. مِنْهُmin'hufrom Him
10. خِطَابًۭاkhiṭāban(to) address

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا

Transliteration yawma yaqūmu l-rūḥu wal-malāikatu ṣaffan lā yatakallamūna illā man adhina lahu l-raḥmānu waqāla ṣawāban

English 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.

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يَقُومُyaqūmuwill stand
3. ٱلرُّوحُl-rūḥuthe Spirit
4. وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angels
5. صَفًّۭا ۖṣaffan(in) rows
6. لَّاlānot
7. يَتَكَلَّمُونَyatakallamūnathey will speak
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. مَنْman(one) who
10. أَذِنَadhinapermits
11. لَهُlahu[for] him
12. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
13. وَقَالَwaqālaand he (will) say
14. صَوَابًۭاṣawāban(what is) correct

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

Transliteration dhālika l-yawmu l-ḥaqu faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi maāban

English That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. ٱلْيَوْمُl-yawmu(is) the Day
3. ٱلْحَقُّ ۖl-ḥaquthe True
4. فَمَنfamanSo whoever
5. شَآءَshāawills
6. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhalet him take
7. إِلَىٰilātowards
8. رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
9. مَـَٔابًاmaābana return

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

Transliteration innā andharnākum ʿadhāban qarīban yawma yanẓuru l-maru mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlu l-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turāban

English Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed We
2. أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْandharnākum[We] have warned you
3. عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(of) a punishment
4. قَرِيبًۭاqarībannear
5. يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
6. يَنظُرُyanẓuruwill see
7. ٱلْمَرْءُl-maruthe man
8. مَاmāwhat
9. قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
10. يَدَاهُyadāhuhis hands
11. وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand will say
12. ٱلْكَافِرُl-kāfiruthe disbeliever
13. يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wish
14. كُنتُkuntuI were
15. تُرَٰبًۢاturābandust