An-Nabaالنبإ

Whereof do they question one another

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Of what do they ask each other

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Of what ask they of one another

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Concerning what do the unbelievers ask questions of one another

George Sale · published 1734

(It is) of the awful tidings

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Of the mighty information

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Of the great NEWS

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Concerning the great news of the resurrection

George Sale · published 1734

Concerning which they are in disagreement

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

whereon they do dispute

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The theme of their disputes

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

about which they disagree

George Sale · published 1734

Nay, but they will come to know

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

nay, they shall know too well

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Nay! they shall certainly knows its truth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Assuredly they shall hereafter know the truth thereof

George Sale · published 1734

Nay, again, but they will come to know

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Again, nay, they shall know too well

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Again. Nay! they shall certainly know it

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Again, assuredly they shall hereafter know the truth thereof

George Sale · published 1734

Have We not made the earth an expanse

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Have we not set the earth as a couch

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have we not made the Earth a couch

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have We not made the earth for a bed

George Sale · published 1734

And the high hills bulwarks

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and the mountains as stakes

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And the mountains its tent-stakes

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and the mountains for stakes to fix the same

George Sale · published 1734

And We have created you in pairs

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and created you in pairs

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

We have created you of two sexes

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And have We not created you of two sexes

George Sale · published 1734

And have appointed your sleep for repose

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and made your sleep for rest

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And ordained your sleep for rest

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and appointed your sleep for rest

George Sale · published 1734

And have appointed the night as a cloak

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and made the night a garment

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And ordained the night as a mantle

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and made the night a garment to cover you

George Sale · published 1734

And have appointed the day for livelihood

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and made the day for livelihood

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And ordained the day for gaining livelihood

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and destined the day to the gaining your livelihood

George Sale · published 1734

And We have built above you seven strong (heavens)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and built above you seven solid (heavens)

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And built above you seven solid heavens

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and built over you seven solid heavens

George Sale · published 1734

And have appointed a dazzling lamp

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and set a burning lamp

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And placed therein a burning lamp

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and placed therein a burning lamp

George Sale · published 1734

And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and, sent down from the rain-expressing clouds water pouring forth

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And we send down water in abundance from the rain-clouds

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And do We not send down from the clouds pressing forth rain, water pouring down in abundance

George Sale · published 1734

Thereby to produce grain and plant

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

to bring out thereby the grain and herb

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

That we may bring forth by it corn and herbs

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

that We may thereby produce corn, and herbs

George Sale · published 1734

And gardens of thick foliage

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and gardens thickly planted

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And gardens thick with trees

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and gardens planted thick with trees

George Sale · published 1734

Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, the day of decision is an appointed time

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Lo! the day of Severance is fixed

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily the day of separation is a fixed period

George Sale · published 1734

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and the day when the trumpet shall be blown, and ye shall come in troops

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The day when there shall be a blast on the trumpet, and ye shall come in crowds

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The day whereon the trumpet shall sound, and ye shall come in troops to judgment

George Sale · published 1734

And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and the heavens shall be opened, and shall be all doors

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And the heaven shall be opened and be full of portals

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and the heaven shall be opened, and shall be full of gates for the angels to pass through

George Sale · published 1734

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and the mountains shall be moved, and shall be like a mirage

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And the mountains shall be set in motion, and melt into thin vapour

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and the mountains shall pass away, and become as a vapour

George Sale · published 1734

Lo! hell lurketh in ambush

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, hell is an ambuscade

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Hell truly shall be a place of snares

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

verily hell shall be a place of ambush

George Sale · published 1734

A home for the rebellious

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

a reward for the outrageous

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The home of transgressors

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

a receptacle for the transgressors

George Sale · published 1734

They will abide therein for ages

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

to tarry therein for ages

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

To abide therein ages

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

who shall remain therein for ages

George Sale · published 1734

Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

No coolness shall they taste therein nor any drink

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They shall not taste any refreshment therein, or any drink

George Sale · published 1734

Save boiling water and a paralysing cold

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

but only boiling water and pus

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Save boiling water and running sores

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

except boiling water, and filthy corruption

George Sale · published 1734

Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

a fit reward

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Meet recompense

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

A fit recompense for their deeds

George Sale · published 1734

For lo! they looked not for a reckoning

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, they did not hope for the account

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

For they looked not forward to their account

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

For they hoped that they should not be brought to an account

George Sale · published 1734

They called Our revelations false with strong denial

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

but they ever said our signs were lies

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And they gave the lie to our signs, charging them with falsehood

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and they disbelieved our signs, accusing them of falsehood

George Sale · published 1734

Everything have We recorded in a Book

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Everything have we remembered in a book

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But we noted and wrote down all

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But every thing have We computed, and written down

George Sale · published 1734

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Then taste, for we will only increase your torment

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Taste this then: and we will give you increase of nought but torment

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Taste, therefore: We will not add unto you any other than torment

George Sale · published 1734

Lo! for the duteous is achievement

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, for the pious is a blissful place

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But, for the God-fearing is a blissful abode

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But for the pious is prepared a place of bliss

George Sale · published 1734

Gardens enclosed and vineyards

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

gardens and vineyards

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Enclosed gardens and vineyards

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Gardens planted with trees, and vineyards

George Sale · published 1734

And voluptuous women of equal age

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and girls with swelling breasts of the same age as themselves

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And damsels with swelling breasts, their peers in age

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and damsels with swelling breasts, of equal age with themselves

George Sale · published 1734

And a full cup

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and a brimming cup

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And a full cup

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and a full cup

George Sale · published 1734

There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

they shall hear therein no folly and no lie

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

There shall they hear no vain discourse nor any falsehood

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They shall hear no vain discourse there, nor any falsehood

George Sale · published 1734

Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

a reward from thy Lord, a sufficient gift

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

A recompense from thy Lord-sufficing gift

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

This shall be their recompense from thy Lord; a gift fully sufficient

George Sale · published 1734

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and what is between them both,- the Merciful,- they cannot obtain audience of Him

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that between them lieth - the God of Mercy! But not a word shall they obtain from Him

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

From the Lord of heaven and earth, and of whatever is between them; the Merciful. The inhabitants of heaven or of earth shall not dare to demand audience of Him

George Sale · published 1734

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The day when the Spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks, they shall not speak save to whom the Merciful permits, and who speaks aright

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

On the day whereon the Spirit and the Angels shall be ranged in order, they shall not speak: save he whom the God of Mercy shall permit, and who shall say that which is right

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The day whereon the spirit Gabriel, and the other angels shall stand in order, they shall not speak in behalf of themselves or others, except he only to whom the Merciful shall grant permission, and who shall say that which is right

George Sale · published 1734

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

That is the true day; and whoso pleases let him take to a resort unto his Lord

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

This is the sure day. Whoso then will, let him take the path of return to his Lord

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

This is the infallible day. Whoso, therefore, willeth, let him return unto his Lord

George Sale · published 1734

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

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, we have warned you of a torment that is nigh: on a day when man shall see what his two hands have sent forward; and the misbeliever shall say, 'Would that I were dust

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Verily, we warn you of a chastisement close at hand: The day on which a man shall see the deeds which his hands have sent before him; and when the unbeliever shall say, "Oh! would I were dust

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily We threaten you with a punishment nigh at hand: The day whereon a man shall behold the good or evil deeds which his hands have sent before him; and the unbeliever shall say, would to God I were dust

George Sale · published 1734