Surah An-Naba (النبإ) • The Tidings

Quran 78:39

78:39

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا

dhālika l-yawmu l-ḥaqu faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi maāban

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

— Saheeh International

That is the Day of Truth. So whoever wishes to do so should take the path that leads to his Lord.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
ٱلْيَوْمُl-yawmu(is) the Day
ٱلْحَقُّۖl-ḥaquthe True
فَمَنfamanSo whoever
شَآءَshāawills
ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhalet him take
إِلَىٰilātowards
رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
مَـَٔابًاmaābana return