Chapter 56, 96 verses
যখন বিরাট ঘটনাটি ঘটবে, - -
When the great event comes to pass,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the event befalleth -
When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,
এর সংঘটনকে মিথ্যা বলার কেউ থাকবে না।
There is no belying its coming to pass - -
There is no denying that it will befall -
Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.
এটি লাঞ্ছিত করবে, এটি করবে সমুন্নত।
Abasing (one party), exalting (the other),
Abasing (some), exalting (others);
(Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;
যখন পৃথিবী আলোড়িত হবে আলোড়নে,
When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking,
When the earth is shaken with a shock
When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,
আর পাহাড়গুলো ভেঙ্গে পড়বে চূর্ণ - বিচূর্ণ হয়ে - -
And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling,
And the hills are ground to powder
And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,
ফলে তা হয়ে যাবে বিক্ষিপ্ত ধূলিকণা,
So that they shall be as scattered dust.
So that they become a scattered dust,
Becoming dust scattered abroad,
আর তোমরা হয়ে পড়বে তিনটি শ্রেণীতে - -
And you shall be three sorts.
And ye will be three kinds:
And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.
যথা ডান দিকের দল, - - কেমনতর এই ডানদিকের দল!
Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand!
(First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand; - What will be the Companions of the Right Hand?
আর বাঁদিকের দল, - - কেমনতর এই বাঁদিকের দল!
And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched are the companions of the left hand!
And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand ?
And the Companions of the Left Hand, - what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?
আর অগ্রগামীগণ তো অগ্রগামী,
And the foremost are the foremost,
And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:
And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).
এরাই হবে নৈকট্যপ্রাপ্ত,
These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah),
Those are they who will be brought nigh
These will be those Nearest to Allah:
আনন্দময় উদ্যানে।
In the gardens of bliss.
In gardens of delight;
In Gardens of Bliss:
প্রথমকালীনদের থেকে অধিক সংখ্যায়,
A numerous company from among the first,
A multitude of those of old
A number of people from those of old,
আর পরবর্তীকালীনদের থেকে অল্প সংখ্যায়।
And a few from among the latter.
And a few of those of later time.
And a few from those of later times.
কারুকার্যময় সিংহাসনে,
On thrones decorated,
On lined couches,
(They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones),
তাতে তারা হেলান দিয়ে আসন গ্রহণ করবে পরস্পর মুখোমুখি হয়ে।
Reclining on them, facing one another.
Reclining therein face to face.
Reclining on them, facing each other.
তাদের চারিদিকে ঘুরে বেড়াবে চিরনবীন তরুণেরা - -
Round about them shall go youths never altering in age,
There wait on them immortal youths
Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness),
পানপাত্র ও সোরাই নিয়ে ও নির্মল পানীয়ের পেয়ালা।
With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink;
With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring
With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear - flowing fountains:
তাদের মাথা ধরবে না তাতে, আর তাদের নেশাও ধরবে না।
They shall not be affected with headache thereby, nor shall they get exhausted,
Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,
No after - ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication:
আর ফল - মূল যা তারা পছন্দ করে;
And fruits such as they choose,
And fruit that they prefer
And with fruits, any that they may select:
আর পাখির মাংস যা তারা কামনা করে,
And the flesh of fowl such as they desire.
And flesh of fowls that they desire.
And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.
আর আয়তলোচন হূরগণ - -
And pure, beautiful ones,
And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes, -
আবৃত মুক্তার উদাহরণের ন্যায়; - -
The like of the hidden pearls:
Like unto hidden pearls,
Like unto Pearls well - guarded.
যা তারা করতো তার পুরস্কার।
A reward for what they used to do.
Reward for what they used to do.
A Reward for the deeds of their past (life).
তারা সেখানে শুনবে না কোনো খেলোকথা, না কোনো পাপবাক্য, - -
They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse,
There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination
Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill, -
শুধু এই কথা ছাড়া - - ''সালাম! সালাম!’’
Except the word peace, peace.
(Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.
Only the saying, "Peace! Peace".
আর ডানদিকের দল, - - কেমনতর এই ডানদিকের দল!
And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand!
And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
The Companions of the Right Hand, - what will be the Companions of the Right Hand?
কাঁটা বিহীন সিদরাহ - গাছের নীচে,
Amid thornless lote - trees,
Among thornless lote - trees
(They will be) among Lote - trees without thorns,
আর সারি সারি সাজানো কলাগাছ,
And banana - trees (with fruits), one above another.
And clustered plantains,
Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another, -
আর সুদূরবিস্তৃত ছায়া,
And extended shade,
And spreading shade,
In shade long - extended,
আর উছলে ওঠা পানি,
And water flowing constantly,
And water gushing,
By water flowing constantly,
আর প্রচুর পরিমাণে ফলমূল,
And abundant fruit,
And fruit in plenty
And fruit in abundance.
ব্যাহত হবার নয় এবং নিষিদ্ধ হবারও নয়।
Neither intercepted nor forbidden,
Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,
Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden,
আর উঁচুদরের গালিচা।
And exalted thrones.
And raised couches;
And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.
নিঃসন্দেহ আমরা ওদের সৃষ্টি করেছি বিশেষ সৃষ্টিতে;
Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth,
Lo! We have created them a (new) creation
We have created (their Companions) of special creation.
আর তাদের বানিয়েছি চিরকুমারী,
Then We have made them virgins,
And made them virgins,
And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -
সোহাগিনী, সমবয়স্কা, - -
Loving, equals in age,
Lovers, friends,
Beloved (by nature), equal in age, -
দক্ষিণপন্থী লোকদের জন্য।
For the sake of the companions of the right hand.
For those on the right hand;
For the Companions of the Right Hand.
প্রথমকালীনদের থেকে অধিক সংখ্যায়,
A numerous company from among the first,
A multitude of those of old
A (goodly) number from those of old,
আর পরবর্তীকালীনদের মধ্যে থেকেও অধিক সংখ্যায়।
And a numerous company from among the last.
And a multitude of those of later time.
And a (goodly) number from those of later times.
কিন্তু বামপন্থীদল - - কেমনতর এই বামপন্থী দল।
And those of the left hand, how wretched are those of the left hand!
And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand ?
The Companions of the Left Hand, - what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?
উত্তপ্ত বাতাসে ও ফুটন্ত পানিতে,
In hot wind and boiling water,
In scorching wind and scalding water
(They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,
আর কালো ধোঁয়ার ছায়ায়,
And the shade of black smoke,
And shadow of black smoke,
And in the shades of Black Smoke:
শীতল নয় এবং সম্মানজনকও নয়।
Neither cool nor honorable.
Neither cool nor refreshing.
Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:
অথচ তারা তো এর আগে ছিল ভোগবিলাসে মগ্ন,
Surely they were before that made to live in ease and plenty.
Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury
For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),
আর তারা ঘোরতর পাপাচারে জেদ ধরে থাকত,
And they persisted in the great violation.
And used to persist in the awful sin.
And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!
আর তারা বলত - - ''কী! আমরা যখন মরে যাব ও মাটি ও হাড্ডি হয়ে যাব তখন কি আমরা আদৌ পুনরুত্থিত হব, - -
And they used to say: What! when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised?
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, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again? -
এবং আমাদের পূর্ববর্তী পিতৃপুরুষরাও?
Or our fathers of yore?
And also our forefathers ?
"(We) and our fathers of old?"
তুমি বলো - - ''নিঃসন্দেহ পূর্ববর্তীরা এবং পরবর্তীরা - -
Say: The first and the last,
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time
Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,
''অবশ্যই সবাইকে একত্রিত করা হবে এক সুবিদিত দিনের নির্ধারিত স্থানে - ক্ষণে,
Shall most surely be gathered together for the appointed hour of a known day.
Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.
"All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well - known.
''তখন নিঃসন্দেহ তোমরাই, হে পথভ্রষ্ট মিথ্যাআরোপকারিগণ!
Then shall you, O you who err and call it a lie!
Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,
"Then will ye truly, - O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as Falsehood! -
''তোমরা আলবৎ আহার করবে যিক্কুমের গাছের থেকে,
Most surely eat of a tree of Zaqqoom,
Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum
"Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.
''এবং তাই দিয়ে তোমরা উদর পূর্ণ করবে,
And fill (your) bellies with it;
And will fill your bellies therewith;
"Then will ye fill your insides therewith,
''তারপর তোমরা তার উপরে পান করবে উত্তপ্ত পানি,
Then drink over it of boiling water;
And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,
"And drink Boiling Water on top of it:
''আর তোমরা পান করবে তৃষ্ণার্ত উটের পান করার ন্যায়।’’
And drink as drinks the thirsty camel.
Drinking even as the camel drinketh.
"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"
এই হবে তাদের আপ্যায়ন বিচারের দিনে।
This is their entertainment on the day of requital.
This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.
Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!
আমরাই তো তোমাদের সৃষ্টি করেছি, তবে কেন তোমরা সত্য বলে স্বীকার কর না?
We have created you, why do you not then assent?
We created you. Will ye then admit the truth ?
It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth?
তোমরা কি তবে ভেবে দেখেছ - - যা তোমরা স্খলন কর?
Have you considered the seed?
Have ye seen that which ye emit ?
Do ye then see? - The (human Seed) that ye throw out, -
তোমরা বুঝি ওকে সৃষ্টি করেছ, না আমরা সৃষ্টিকর্তা?
Is it you that create it or are We the creators?
Do ye create it or are We the Creator ?
Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?
আমরাই তোমাদের মধ্যে মৃত্যু ধার্য করে রেখেছি, আর আমরা প্রতিহত হব না, - -
We have ordained death among you and We are not to be overcome,
We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,
We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated
যেন আমরা বদলে দিতে পারি তোমাদের অনুকরণে, এবং তোমাদের রূপান্তরিত করতে পারি তাতে যা তোমরা জান না।
In order that We may bring in your place the likes of you and make you grow into what you know not.
That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.
from changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (forms) that ye know not.
আর তোমরা অবশ্য প্রথম অভ্যুত্থান সন্বন্ধে অবগত হয়েছ, তবে কেন তোমরা ভেবে দেখ না?
And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then mind?
And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect ?
And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do ye not celebrate His praises?
তোমরা কি ভেবে দেখেছ যা তোমরা বপন কর?
Have you considered what you sow?
Have ye seen that which ye cultivate ?
See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground?
তোমরা কি তা গজিয়ে তুলো, না আমরা বর্ধনকারী?
Is it you that cause it to grow, or are We the causers of growth?
Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer ?
Is it ye that cause it to grow, or are We the Cause?
আমরা যদি চাইতাম তবে আমরা আলবৎ তাকে খড় - কুটোয় পরিণত করতে পারতাম, তখন তোমরা হাহুতাশ করতে থাকবে,
If We pleased, We should have certainly made it broken down into pieces, then would you begin to lament:
If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:
Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye would be left in wonderment,
''আমরা তো নিশ্চয় ঋণগ্রস্ত হলাম,
Surely we are burdened with debt:
Lo! we are laden with debt!
(Saying), "We are indeed left with debts (for nothing):
''বরং আমরা বঞ্চিত হলাম।’’
Nay! we are deprived.
Nay, but we are deprived!
"Indeed are we shut out (of the fruits of our labour)"
তোমরা যে পানি পান কর সে - সন্বন্ধে তোমরা কি ভেবে দেখেছ?
Have you considered the water which you drink?
Have ye observed the water which ye drink ?
See ye the water which ye drink?
তোমরাই কি তা মেঘ থেকে নামিয়ে আন, না আমরা বর্ষণকারী?
Is it you that send it down from the clouds, or are We the senders?
Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder ?
Do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We?
আমরা যদি চাইতাম তাহলে আমরা তাকে লোনা করে দিতে পারতাম, কেন তবে তোমরা কৃতজ্ঞতা প্রকাশ কর না?
If We pleased, We would have made it salty; why do you not then give thanks?
If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks ?
Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): then why do ye not give thanks?
তোমরা যে আগুন জ্বালাও তা কি তোমরা লক্ষ্য করেছ?
Have you considered the fire which you strike?
Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;
See ye the Fire which ye kindle?
তোমরাই কি তার গাছকে জন্মইয়েছ, না আমরা উৎপাদনকারী?
Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the producers?
Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower ?
Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?
আমরাই তাকে বানিয়েছি এক নিদর্শনসামগ্রী এবং মরুচারীদের জন্য এক প্রয়োজনসামগ্রী।
We have made it a reminder and an advantage for the wayfarers of the desert.
We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.
We have made it a memorial (of Our handiwork), and an article of comfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.
অতএব তোমার সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভুর নামের জপতপ করো।
Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
Then celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme!
না, আমি কিন্তু শপথ করছি নক্ষত্ররাজির অবস্থানের, - -
But nay! I swear by the falling of stars;
Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars, -
আর নিঃসন্দেহ এটি তো এক বিরাট শপথ, যদি তোমরা জানতে, - -
And most surely it is a very great oath if you only knew;
And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew, -
নিঃসন্দেহ এটি তো এক সম্মানিত কুরআন,
Most surely it is an honored Quran,
That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an
That this is indeed a qur'an Most Honourable,
এক সুরক্ষিত গ্রন্থে।
In a book that is protected
In a Book kept hidden
In Book well - guarded,
কেউ তা স্পর্শ করবে না পূত - পবিত্র ছাড়া।
None shall touch it save the purified ones.
Which none toucheth save the purified,
Which none shall touch but those who are clean:
এটি এক অবতারণ বিশ্বজগতের প্রভুর কাছ থেকে।
A revelation by the Lord of the worlds.
A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
তা সত্ত্বেও কি সেই বাণীর প্রতি তোমরা তুচ্ছতাচ্ছিল্য ভাবাপন্ন,
Do you then hold this announcement in contempt?
Is it this Statement that ye scorn,
Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?
এবং তোমাদের জীবিকা বানিয়ে নিয়েছ যে তোমরা মিথ্যা আখ্যা দেবে?
And to give (it) the lie you make your means of subsistence.
And make denial thereof your livelihood ?
And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false?
তবে কেন যখন কন্ঠাগত হয়ে যায়,
Why is it not then that when it (soul) comes up to the throat,
Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)
Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat, -
এবং তোমরা যে - সময়ে তাকিয়ে থাকো,
And you at that time look on - -
And ye are at that moment looking
And ye the while (sit) looking on, -
আমরা তখন তোমাদের চাইতে তার বেশী নিকটবর্তী কিন্তু তোমরা দেখতে পাও না।
And We are nearer to it than you, but you do not see - -
- And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -
But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not, -
যদি তোমরা আজ্ঞাধীন না হয়ে থাক তবে কেন তোমরা পার না - -
Then why is it not - - if you are not held under authority - -
Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),
Then why do ye not, - If you are exempt from (future) account, -
তাকে ফিরিয়ে দিতে, যদি তোমরা সত্যবাদী হও?
That you send it (not) back - - if you are truthful?
Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful ?
Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?
আর পক্ষান্তরে যদি সে নৈকট্যপ্রাপ্তদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়।
Then if he is one of those drawn nigh (to Allah),
Thus if he is of those brought nigh,
Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to Allah,
তাহলে আয়েশ - আরাম ও সৌরভ, এবং আনন্দময় উদ্যান।
Then happiness and bounty and a garden of bliss.
Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.
(There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden of Delights.
আর অপরপক্ষে সে যদি দক্ষিণপন্থীদের মধ্যেকার হয়,
And if he is one of those on the right hand,
And if he is of those on the right hand,
And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand,
তাহলে দক্ষিণপন্থীদের দলের থেকে - - ''তোমার প্রতি সালাম।’’
Then peace to you from those on the right hand.
Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.
(For him is the salutation), "Peace be unto thee", from the Companions of the Right Hand.
আর পক্ষান্তরে সে যদি প্রত্যাখ্যানকারী পথভ্রষ্টদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়ে থাকে, - -
And if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones,
But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,
And if he be of those who treat (Truth) as Falsehood, who go wrong,
তাহলে আপ্যায়ন হবে ফুটন্ত পানি দিয়ে,
He shall have an entertainment of boiling water,
Then the welcome will be boiling water
For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water.
এবং প্রবেশস্থল হবে ভয়ংকর আগুন!
And burning in hell.
And roasting at hell - fire.
And burning in Hell - Fire.
নিঃসন্দেহ এটি অবশ্য সুনিশ্চিত সত্য।
Most surely this is a certain truth.
Lo! this is certain truth.
Verily, this is the Very Truth and Certainly.
সুতরাং তোমার সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভুর নামের জপতপ করো।
Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
So celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.