Chapter 56, 96 verses
Itha waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the event befalleth -
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Laysa liwaqAAatiha kathibatun
There is no denying that it will befall -
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ
Khafidatun rafiAAatun
Abasing (some), exalting (others);
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ
Itha rujjati alardu rajjan
When the earth is shaken with a shock
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا
Wabussati aljibalu bassan
And the hills are ground to powder
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
Fakanat habaan munbaththan
So that they become a scattered dust,
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا
Wakuntum azwajan thalathatan
And ye will be three kinds:
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَٰثَةً
Faashabu almaymanati ma ashabu almaymanati
(First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Waashabu almashamati ma ashabu almashamati
And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand ?
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Waalssabiqoona alssabiqoona
And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:
وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ
Olaika almuqarraboona
Those are they who will be brought nigh
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Fee jannati alnnaAAeemi
In gardens of delight;
فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Thullatun mina alawwaleena
A multitude of those of old
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Waqaleelun mina alakhireena
And a few of those of later time.
وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
AAala sururin mawdoonatin
On lined couches,
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ
Muttakieena AAalayha mutaqabileena
Reclining therein face to face.
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Yatoofu AAalayhim wildanun mukhalladoona
There wait on them immortal youths
يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ
Biakwabin waabareeqa wakasin min maAAeenin
With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring
بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
La yusaddaAAoona AAanha wala yunzifoona
Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,
لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ
Wafakihatin mimma yatakhayyaroona
And fruit that they prefer
وَفَٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ
Walahmi tayrin mimma yashtahoona
And flesh of fowls that they desire.
وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
Wahoorun AAeenun
And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
وَحُورٌ عِينٌ
Kaamthali allului almaknooni
Like unto hidden pearls,
كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ
Jazaan bima kanoo yaAAmaloona
Reward for what they used to do.
جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala tatheeman
There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا
Illa qeelan salaman salaman
(Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.
إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَٰمًا سَلَٰمًا
Waashabu alyameeni ma ashabu alyameeni
And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Fee sidrin makhdoodin
Among thornless lote - trees
فِى سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ
Watalhin mandoodin
And clustered plantains,
وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ
Wathillin mamdoodin
And spreading shade,
وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ
Wamain maskoobin
And water gushing,
وَمَآءٍ مَّسْكُوبٍ
Wafakihatin katheeratin
And fruit in plenty
وَفَٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ
La maqtooAAatin wala mamnooAAatin
Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,
لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ
Wafurushin marfooAAatin
And raised couches;
وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ
Inna anshanahunna inshaan
Lo! We have created them a (new) creation
إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءً
FajaAAalnahunna abkaran
And made them virgins,
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا
AAuruban atraban
Lovers, friends,
عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا
Liashabi alyameeni
For those on the right hand;
لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Thullatun mina alawwaleena
A multitude of those of old
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Wathullatun mina alakhireena
And a multitude of those of later time.
وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Waashabu alshshimali ma ashabu alshshimali
And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand ?
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ
Fee samoomin wahameemin
In scorching wind and scalding water
فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ
Wathillin min yahmoomin
And shadow of black smoke,
وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ
La baridin wala kareemin
Neither cool nor refreshing.
لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Innahum kanoo qabla thalika mutrafeena
Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ
Wakanoo yusirroona AAala alhinthi alAAatheemi
And used to persist in the awful sin.
وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Wakanoo yaqooloona aitha mitna wakunna turaban waAAithaman ainna lamabAAoothoona
And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,
وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Awa abaona alawwaloona
And also our forefathers ?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
Qul inna alawwaleena waalakhireena
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time
قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
LamajmooAAoona ila meeqati yawmin maAAloomin
Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
Thumma innakum ayyuha alddalloona almukaththiboona
Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ
Laakiloona min shajarin min zaqqoomin
Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum
لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ
Famalioona minha albutoona
And will fill your bellies therewith;
فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ
Fashariboona AAalayhi mina alhameemi
And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,
فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Fashariboona shurba alheemi
Drinking even as the camel drinketh.
فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ
Hatha nuzuluhum yawma alddeeni
This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Nahnu khalaqnakum falawla tusaddiqoona
We created you. Will ye then admit the truth ?
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ
Afaraaytum ma tumnoona
Have ye seen that which ye emit ?
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ
Aantum takhluqoonahu am nahnu alkhaliqoona
Do ye create it or are We the Creator ?
ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ
Nahnu qaddarna baynakumu almawta wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
AAala an nubaddila amthalakum wanunshiakum fee ma la taAAlamoona
That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Walaqad AAalimtumu alnnashata aloola falawla tathakkaroona
And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect ?
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Afaraaytum ma tahruthoona
Have ye seen that which ye cultivate ?
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ
Aantum tazraAAoonahu am nahnu alzzariAAoona
Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer ?
ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ
Law nashao lajaAAalnahu hutaman fathaltum tafakkahoona
If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:
لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ
Inna lamughramoona
Lo! we are laden with debt!
إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
Nay, but we are deprived!
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Afaraaytumu almaa allathee tashraboona
Have ye observed the water which ye drink ?
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ
Aantum anzaltumoohu mina almuzni am nahnu almunziloona
Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder ?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ
Law nashao jaAAalnahu ojajan falawla tashkuroona
If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks ?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ
Afaraaytumu alnnara allatee tooroona
Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ
Aantum anshatum shajarataha am nahnu almunshioona
Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower ?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ
Nahnu jaAAalnaha tathkiratan wamataAAan lilmuqweena
We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Fala oqsimu bimawaqiAAi alnnujoomi
Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ
Wainnahu laqasamun law taAAlamoona AAatheemun
And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ
Innahu laquranun kareemun
That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ
Fee kitabin maknoonin
In a Book kept hidden
فِى كِتَٰبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ
La yamassuhu illa almutahharoona
Which none toucheth save the purified,
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Afabihatha alhadeethi antum mudhinoona
Is it this Statement that ye scorn,
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ
WatajAAaloona rizqakum annakum tukaththiboona
And make denial thereof your livelihood ?
وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Falawla itha balaghati alhulqooma
Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)
فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ
Waantum heenaithin tanthuroona
And ye are at that moment looking
وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ
Wanahnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walakin la tubsiroona
- And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -
وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ
Falawla in kuntum ghayra madeeneena
Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),
فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ
TarjiAAoonaha in kuntum sadiqeena
Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful ?
تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Faamma in kana mina almuqarrabeena
Thus if he is of those brought nigh,
فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
Farawhun warayhanun wajannatu naAAeemin
Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.
فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ
Waamma in kana min ashabi alyameeni
And if he is of those on the right hand,
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Fasalamun laka min ashabi alyameeni
Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.
فَسَلَٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Waamma in kana mina almukaththibeena alddalleena
But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Fanuzulun min hameemin
Then the welcome will be boiling water
فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ
Watasliyatu jaheemin
And roasting at hell - fire.
وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ
Inna hatha lahuwa haqqu alyaqeeni
Lo! this is certain truth.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ