In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

"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 those showing freshness of youth, equals in 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 God, 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 God 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!