Surah 79. An-Naziat

and the Hellfire will be displayed for all to see-

  - Mustafa Khattab

And Half-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see ⁵⁹⁴³

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Cf. xxvi. 91.

then as for those who transgressed

  - Mustafa Khattab

Then for such as had transgressed all bounds

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

and preferred the 'fleeting' life of this world,

  - Mustafa Khattab

And had preferred the life of this world ⁵⁹⁴⁴

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The abiding Punishment will be for those who had wilfully and persistently rebelled against Allah, "transgressing all bounds", and had given themselves up to the vanities and lusts of this lower life. This Punishment will not touch those who had repented and been forgiven, nor those guilty, through human frailty, of minor sing, whose deeds will be weighed in the balance against their good deeds: ci. 6-9.

the Hellfire will certainly be 'their' home.

  - Mustafa Khattab

The Abode will be Hell-Fire;

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from 'evil' desires,

  - Mustafa Khattab

And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower Desires ⁵⁹⁹⁵

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is not meant for one class or race; it is universal, and is addressed to all the Worlds. For the meaning of "Worlds", see n. 20 to i. 2.

Paradise will certainly be 'their' home.

  - Mustafa Khattab

Their abode will be the Garden.

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They ask you 'O Prophet' regarding the Hour, 'When will it be?'

  - Mustafa Khattab

They ask thee about the Hour `When will be its appointed time?' ⁵⁹⁴⁶

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Cf vii. 187 and n. 1159. Only Allah can reveal it. But were it known, "heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth".

But it is not for you to tell its time.¹

  - Mustafa Khattab

 Another possible translation: “What is this question? You ˹O Prophet˺ are one of its signs.” It is believed—based on authentic narrations from the Prophet—that he (ﷺ) is one of the signs of the Day of Judgment.

Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That knowledge rests with your Lord 'alone'.

  - Mustafa Khattab

With their Lord is the Limit fixed therefor. ⁵⁹⁴⁷

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Our time has no sort of comparison with the timeless state in the new spiritual World in which the final Judgment will take place. Nor can its limits-how long it will last-be set except in the Will of Almighty Allah. Lord of Supreme Wisdom, Justice, and Goodness: xi. 107-108. But it is near, in the sense explained in n. 5914 to lxxviii. 40.

Your duty is only to warn whoever is in awe of it.

  - Mustafa Khattab

Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it. ⁵⁹⁴⁸

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The warning is only effective for those who believe in Allah and in the Final Account. Such men immediately turn in repentance to Allah, and it is to lead such men and help them, that Prophets are sent.

On the Day they see it, it will be as if they had stayed 'in the world' no more than one evening or its morning.

  - Mustafa Khattab

The Day they see it (it will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening or (at most till) the following morn! ⁵⁹⁴⁹

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Cf. x. 45, where the expression used is: "it will be as if they had tarried but an hour of a day." Here the metaphor used is "a single evening, or, at most, till the following morn". Death is like sleep, and may be compared to the evening of life. In sleep we do not know how the time passes. When we wake up from the sleep of Death at the Resurrection, we shall not know whether it was the following moment or the following hour after we slept, but we shall feel that it is morning, for we shall be conscious of all that goes on, as one awakened in the morning.