56. Al-Waqi'ah

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ

When the Event will come to pass

لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

– and then there will be no one to deny its occurrence –

خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ

(a calamitous Event) that shall turn things upside down

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجࣰّ ا

when the earth will suddenly shake with a terrible shaking

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّ ا

and the mountains will crumble

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّ ا

and will scatter abroad into fine dust

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰ ا ثَلَٰثَةࣰ‏

You shall then become three groups

فَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

The People on the Right: and how fortunate will be the People on the Right

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

And the People on the Left: and how miserable will be the People on the Left

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ

As for the Foremost, they will be the foremost

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord)

فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

in the Gardens of Bliss

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

A throng of the ancients

وَقَلِيلࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

and a few from later times

عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّوۡضُونَةࣲ‏

They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ

reclining on them, arrayed face to face

يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

immortal youths shall go about them

بِأَكۡوَابࣲ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِينࣲ‏

with goblets and ewers and a cup filled with a drink drawn from a running spring

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

a drink by which their minds will not be clouded nor will it cause drunkenness

وَفَٰكِهَةࣲ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose

وَلَحۡمِ طَيۡرࣲ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ

and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat

وَحُورٌ عِينࣱ‏

and there shall be wide-eyed maidens

كَأَمۡثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ

beautiful as pearls hidden in their shells

جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ

All this shall be theirs as a reward for their deeds

لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوࣰ ا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمًا

There they shall hear no idle talk nor any sinful speech

إِلَّا قِيلࣰ ا سَلَٰمࣰ ا سَلَٰمࣰ ا

All talk will be sound and upright

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

As for the People on the Right, how fortunate shall be the people on the Right

فِي سِدۡرࣲ مَّخۡضُودࣲ‏

They shall be in the midst of thornless lote trees

وَطَلۡحࣲ مَّنضُودࣲ‏

and flower-clad acacias

وَظِلࣲّ مَّمۡدُودࣲ‏

and extended shade

وَمَآءࣲ مَّسۡكُوبࣲ‏

and gushing water

وَفَٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِيرَةࣲ‏

and abundant fruit

لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةࣲ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةࣲ‏

never-ending and unforbidden

وَفُرُشࣲ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ

They shall be on upraised couches

إِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءࣰ‏

and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا

and shall have made them virgins

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابࣰ ا

intensely loving and of matching age

لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

All this will be for the People on the Right

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

a large throng from the ancients

وَثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

and also a large throng from those of later times

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

As for the People on the Left: how miserable will be the People on the Left

فِي سَمُومࣲ وَحَمِيمࣲ‏

They will be in the midst of scorching wind and boiling water

وَظِلࣲّ مِّن يَحۡمُومࣲ‏

and a shade of thick, pitch-black smoke

لَّا بَارِدࣲ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

which will neither be cool nor soothing

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ

Surely they had lived before in luxury

وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

and had persisted in the Great Sin

وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰ ا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ

They used to say: “What! Once we are dead and are reduced to dust and bones, shall we still be raised to a new life from the dead

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

(We) and our fore-fathers of yore?”

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ

Tell them, (O Prophet): “The earlier ones and the later ones

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ‏

shall all be brought together on an appointed Day

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ

Then you, the erring ones and those that gave the lie to the Truth

لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرࣲ مِّن زَقُّومࣲ‏

shall all eat from the Tree of al-Zaqqum

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ

filling your bellies with it

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ

and thereupon you shall drink boiling water

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ

drinking it as thirsty camels do.”

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ

Thus shall they be entertained on the Day of Recompense

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

We have created you, then why would you not confirm it

أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ

Did you ever consider the sperm that you emit

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ

Do you create a child out of it, or are We its creators

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

It is We Who ordained death upon you and We are not to be frustrated

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

Had We so wished, nothing could have hindered Us from replacing you by others like yourselves, or transforming you into beings you know nothing about

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

You are well aware of the first creation; then, do you learn no lesson from it

أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ

Have you considered the seeds you till

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

Is it you or We Who make them grow

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ حُطَٰمࣰ ا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ

If We so wished, We could have reduced your harvest to rubble, and you would have been left wonder-struck to exclaim

إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ

“We have been penalised

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ

nay; we have been undone!”

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱلَّذِي تَشۡرَبُونَ

Did you cast a good look at the water that you drink

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ

Is it you who brought it down from the clouds or is it We Who brought it down

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجࣰ ا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ

If We had so pleased, We could have made it bitter. So why would you not give thanks

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي تُورُونَ

Did you consider the fire which you kindle

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِـُٔونَ

Did you make its tree grow or was it We Who made it grow

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَمَتَٰعࣰ ا لِّلۡمُقۡوِينَ

We made it a reminder and a provision for the needy

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

Glorify, then, (O Prophet), the name of your Great Lord

۞فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

No! I swear by the positions of the stars –

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمࣱ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

and this is indeed a mighty oath, if only you knew –

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانࣱ كَرِيمࣱ‏

that this indeed is a noble Qur'an

فِي كِتَٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ‏

inscribed in a well-guarded Book

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ

which none but the pure may touch

تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

a revelation from the Lord of the Universe

أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ

Do you, then, take this discourse in light esteem

وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ

and your portion in it is simply that you denounce it as false

فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ

Why, then, when the soul leaps up to the throat

وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذࣲ تَنظُرُونَ

the while you are helplessly watching that he is on the verge of death

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ

– at that moment when We are closer to him than you, although you do not see (Us)

فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ

if you are not subject to anyone's authority

تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ

why are you then not able to bring them back to life if you are truthful

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ

So if he is one of those who are near-stationed (to Allah)

فَرَوۡحࣱ وَرَيۡحَانࣱ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمࣲ‏

then happiness and delight and Gardens of Bliss are his

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

And if he is one of the People on the Right

فَسَلَٰمࣱ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

he will be welcomed by the words: “Peace to you” from the People on the Right

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

And if he is one of those who give the lie (to this Message) and go astray

فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِيمࣲ‏

then he will be served boiling water

وَتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ

and will be scorched by the Fire

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ

That indeed is the absolute truth

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

So glorify the name of your Great Lord