[78:1] Of what do they ask one another?

[78:2] About the great event,

[78:3] About which they differ?

[78:4] Nay! they shall soon come to know

[78:5] Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

[78:6] Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

[78:7] And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

[78:8] And We created you in pairs,

[78:9] And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

[78:10] And We made the night to be a covering,

[78:11] And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

[78:12] And We made above you seven strong ones,

[78:13] And We made a shining lamp,

[78:14] And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

[78:15] That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

[78:16] And gardens dense and luxuriant.

[78:17] Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

[78:18] The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

[78:19] And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

[78:20] And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

[78:21] Surely hell lies in wait,

[78:22] A place of resort for the inordinate,

[78:23] Living therein for ages.

[78:24] They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

[78:25] But boiling and intensely cold water,

[78:26] Requital corresponding.

[78:27] Surely they feared not the account,

[78:28] And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

[78:29] And We have recorded everything in a book,

[78:30] So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

[78:31] Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

[78:32] Gardens and vineyards,

[78:33] And voluptuous women of equal age;

[78:34] And a pure cup.

[78:35] They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

[78:36] A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

[78:37] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

[78:38] The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

[78:39] That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

[78:40] Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!