Chapter 56, 96 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the event befalleth -
When the Occurrence occurs,
When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
There is no denying that it will befall -
There is, at its occurrence, no denial.
Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ
Abasing (some), exalting (others);
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].
(Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ
When the earth is shaken with a shock
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا
And the hills are ground to powder
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
So that they become a scattered dust,
And become dust dispersing.
Becoming dust scattered abroad,
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا
And ye will be three kinds:
And you become [of] three kinds:
And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَٰثَةً
(First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand; - What will be the Companions of the Right Hand?
فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand ?
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
And the Companions of the Left Hand, - what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:
And the forerunners, the forerunners -
And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).
وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ
Those are they who will be brought nigh
Those are the ones brought near [to Allah]
These will be those Nearest to Allah:
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
In gardens of delight;
In the Gardens of Pleasure,
In Gardens of Bliss:
فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
A multitude of those of old
A [large] company of the former peoples
A number of people from those of old,
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And a few of those of later time.
And a few of the later peoples,
And a few from those of later times.
وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
On lined couches,
On thrones woven [with ornament],
(They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones),
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ
Reclining therein face to face.
Reclining on them, facing each other.
Reclining on them, facing each other.
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ
There wait on them immortal youths
There will circulate among them young boys made eternal
Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness),
يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ
With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -
With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear - flowing fountains:
بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,
No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -
No after - ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication:
لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ
And fruit that they prefer
And fruit of what they select
And with fruits, any that they may select:
وَفَٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ
And flesh of fowls that they desire.
And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.
And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.
وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,
And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes, -
وَحُورٌ عِينٌ
Like unto hidden pearls,
The likenesses of pearls well - protected,
Like unto Pearls well - guarded.
كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ
Reward for what they used to do.
As reward for what they used to do.
A Reward for the deeds of their past (life).
جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination
They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -
Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill, -
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا
(Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.
Only a saying: "Peace, peace."
Only the saying, "Peace! Peace".
إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَٰمًا سَلَٰمًا
And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
The Companions of the Right Hand, - what will be the Companions of the Right Hand?
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Among thornless lote - trees
[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed
(They will be) among Lote - trees without thorns,
فِى سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ
And clustered plantains,
And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]
Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another, -
وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ
And spreading shade,
And shade extended
In shade long - extended,
وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ
And water gushing,
And water poured out
By water flowing constantly,
وَمَآءٍ مَّسْكُوبٍ
And fruit in plenty
And fruit, abundant [and varied],
And fruit in abundance.
وَفَٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ
Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,
Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,
Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden,
لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ
And raised couches;
And [upon] beds raised high.
And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.
وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ
Lo! We have created them a (new) creation
Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation
We have created (their Companions) of special creation.
إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءً
And made them virgins,
And made them virgins,
And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا
Lovers, friends,
Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,
Beloved (by nature), equal in age, -
عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا
For those on the right hand;
For the companions of the right [who are]
For the Companions of the Right Hand.
لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
A multitude of those of old
A company of the former peoples
A (goodly) number from those of old,
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And a multitude of those of later time.
And a company of the later peoples.
And a (goodly) number from those of later times.
وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand ?
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
The Companions of the Left Hand, - what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ
In scorching wind and scalding water
[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water
(They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,
فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ
And shadow of black smoke,
And a shade of black smoke,
And in the shades of Black Smoke:
وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ
Neither cool nor refreshing.
Neither cool nor beneficial.
Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:
لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ
And used to persist in the awful sin.
And they used to persist in the great violation,
And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!
وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again? -
وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
And also our forefathers ?
And our forefathers [as well]?"
"(We) and our fathers of old?"
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time
Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples
Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,
قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.
Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."
"All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well - known.
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,
Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,
"Then will ye truly, - O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as Falsehood! -
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ
Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum
Will be eating from trees of zaqqum
"Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.
لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ
And will fill your bellies therewith;
And filling with it your bellies
"Then will ye fill your insides therewith,
فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ
And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,
And drinking on top of it from scalding water
"And drink Boiling Water on top of it:
فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Drinking even as the camel drinketh.
And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.
"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"
فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ
This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.
That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.
Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
We created you. Will ye then admit the truth ?
We have created you, so why do you not believe?
It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth?
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ
Have ye seen that which ye emit ?
Have you seen that which you emit?
Do ye then see? - The (human Seed) that ye throw out, -
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ
Do ye create it or are We the Creator ?
Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?
Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?
ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ
We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,
We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.
In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.
from changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (forms) that ye know not.
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect ?
And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?
And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do ye not celebrate His praises?
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Have ye seen that which ye cultivate ?
And have you seen that [seed] which you sow?
See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground?
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ
Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer ?
Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?
Is it ye that cause it to grow, or are We the Cause?
ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ
If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:
If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,
Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye would be left in wonderment,
لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ
Lo! we are laden with debt!
[Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt;
(Saying), "We are indeed left with debts (for nothing):
إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ
Nay, but we are deprived!
Rather, we have been deprived."
"Indeed are we shut out (of the fruits of our labour)"
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Have ye observed the water which ye drink ?
And have you seen the water that you drink?
See ye the water which ye drink?
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ
Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder ?
Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?
Do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ
If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks ?
If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?
Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): then why do ye not give thanks?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ
Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;
And have you seen the fire that you ignite?
See ye the Fire which ye kindle?
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ
Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower ?
Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?
Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ
We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.
We have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers,
We have made it a memorial (of Our handiwork), and an article of comfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ
Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Then celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme!
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
Then I swear by the setting of the stars,
Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars, -
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ
And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.
And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew, -
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ
That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an
Indeed, it is a noble Qur'an
That this is indeed a qur'an Most Honourable,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ
In a Book kept hidden
In a Register well - protected;
In Book well - guarded,
فِى كِتَٰبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ
Which none toucheth save the purified,
None touch it except the purified.
Which none shall touch but those who are clean:
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ
A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Is it this Statement that ye scorn,
Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent
Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ
And make denial thereof your livelihood ?
And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?
And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false?
وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)
Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat
Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat, -
فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ
And ye are at that moment looking
And you are at that time looking on -
And ye the while (sit) looking on, -
وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ
- And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -
And Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -
But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not, -
وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ
Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),
Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,
Then why do ye not, - If you are exempt from (future) account, -
فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ
Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful ?
Bring it back, if you should be truthful?
Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?
تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Thus if he is of those brought nigh,
And if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah,
Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to Allah,
فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.
Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.
(There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden of Delights.
فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ
And if he is of those on the right hand,
And if he was of the companions of the right,
And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand,
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.
Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right."
(For him is the salutation), "Peace be unto thee", from the Companions of the Right Hand.
فَسَلَٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,
But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray,
And if he be of those who treat (Truth) as Falsehood, who go wrong,
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Then the welcome will be boiling water
Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water
For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water.
فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ
And roasting at hell - fire.
And burning in Hellfire
And burning in Hell - Fire.
وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ
Lo! this is certain truth.
Indeed, this is the true certainty,
Verily, this is the Very Truth and Certainly.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ