An-Naba

And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah's saying (Whereof do they question one another?): He says: 'what are they-meaning the people of Quraysh-talking about?'

((It is) of the awful tidings) they are talking about the tidings of the noble, glorious and great Qur'an,

(Concerning which they are in disagreement) some of them disbelieve in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an while others believe in them. This is because whenever Gabriel brought down a section of the Qur'an to the Prophet (pbuh) and he recited it to them, they used to talk about it, and some of them would believe while others would persist in their disbelief.

(Nay) this is a reply to the disbelievers, (but they will come to know!) They will come to know upon the advent of death what will be done with them.

(Nay) truly, (again, but they will come to know!) They will come to know in the grave what will be done with them. This is a threat from Allah to those who disbelieved in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an.

Allah then mentioned the blessings He bestowed upon them, saying: (Have We not made the earth an expanse) and a place to sleep,

(And the high hills bulwarks) for it so that it does not sway?

(And We have created you in pairs) male and female,

(And have appointed your sleep for repose) a repose for your bodies; and it is said this means: nice and beautiful,

(And have appointed the night as a cloak) and it is said this means: a dwelling,

(And have appointed the day for livelihood) for seeking livelihood.

(And We have built) and We have created (above you) above your heads (seven strong (heavens)) seven thick heavens,

(And have appointed a dazzling lamp) and have appointed a radiant sun for the children of Adam,

(And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant Water,

Thereby to produce grain and plant) to produce through the rain all kinds of grains and plants,

(And gardens of thick foliage) and it is also said this means: different kinds of foliage.

(Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time) it is the appointed time when the people of old and later generations will be gathered,

(A day when the trumpet is blown) the blowing of the resurrection, (and ye come in multitudes) host after host and group after group,

(And the heaven is opened) and the gates of heaven are opened (and becometh as gates) and becomes different roads,

(And the hills are set in motion) on the face of the earth (and become as a mirage.

Lo! Hell lurketh in ambush) the Fire is a detention and prison,

(A home for the rebellious) a point of return for the disbelievers.

(They will abide therein for ages) they will abide in the Fire for ages and ages, each age consisting of 80 years, each year being 360 days and each day is the equivalent of 1,000 years of the years of the life of the world; it is also said that none knows the exact duration of these ages save Allah, and therefore these ages are never interrupted.

(Therein) in the Fire (taste they neither coolness) cool water; and it is also said this means: sleep (nor (any) drink) cold drink

(Save boiling water and a paralysing cold) and it is also said this means: filthy water:

(Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds)) a reward which is commensurate with their works.

(For lo! they looked not) while in the life of the world (for a reckoning) they did not fear the chastisement of the Hereafter nor did they believe in it;

(They called Our revelations) Our Scripture and Messenger (false with strong denial.

Everything) regarding the works of the children of Adam (have We recorded in a Book) We wrote it down in the Guarded or Preserved Tablet.

(So taste) the chastisement in the Fire. (No increase do We give you) in the Fire (save of torment) one kind of torment after another.

(Lo! for the duteous) for those who ward off disbelief, idolatry and indecencies (is achievement) safety from the Fire and nearness of Allah

(Gardens) of trees and palm-trees (enclosed and vineyards,

And maidens for companions) who are all of the same age: 33 years of age,

(And a full cup) one cup after another.

(There) in Paradise (hear they) the inhabitants of the Garden (never vain discourse) oaths or falsehood, (nor lying) they do not lie to each other.

(Requital) a reward (from thy Lord a gift) that He bestows upon them in the Garden (in payment) ten rewards for each good deed; and it is also said this means: reward in proportion to their good deeds

(Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them) of creation and marvels, (the Beneficent) He is the Beneficent; (with Whom none) none of His slaves, i.e. the angels as well as others (can converse) with regard to intercession until Allah gives them permission to do so.

(On the day when the angels and the Spirit) Gabriel; and it is also said: this is a created being whose tremendousness only Allah knows; Ibn Mas'ud also said: the Spirit is an angel greater than every thing save the Throne, and this angel glorifies Allah each day 12,000 formulas of glorification, and which each glorification he utters Allah creates an angel who seeks forgiveness for the believers until the Day of Judgement; it is also said this refers to a group of angels who have feet and hands like those of humans (stand arrayed, they speak not) to intercede, (saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth) to intercede (and who speaketh right) truly �there is no deity save Allah�.

(That is the True Day) in which will happen what I have mentioned. (So whoso will should seek recourse) whoever will believe in Allah's divine Oneness and seek through his belief in Allah's divine Oneness a way of return (unto his Lord.

Lo! We warn you) O people of Mecca (of a doom at hand) which will surely happen, (a day whereon a man will look) when the believer will look; and it is also said: when the disbeliever will look (on that which his own hands have sent before) have earned of good or evil, (and the disbeliever will cry: �Would that I were dust!�) with the beasts. Because of the horrors, severity and torment of that day, the disbeliever will wish to be turned into dust along with beasts. This will occur on the day when the first trumpet resounds'.