Al-Waqi'ah

۞ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ

When the event befalleth

لَیۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

There is no denying that it will befall

خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ

Abasing (some), exalting (others)

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجࣰّا

When the earth is shaken with a shock

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّا

And the hills are ground to powder

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَاۤءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّا

So that they become a scattered dust

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا ثَلَـٰثَةࣰ

And ye will be three kinds

فَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ

(First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ

And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ

And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race

أُو۟لَـٰۤئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

Those are they who will be brought nigh

فِی جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ

In gardens of delight

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ

A multitude of those of old

وَقَلِیلࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ

And a few of those of later time

عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّوۡضُونَةࣲ

On lined couches

مُّتَّكِءِینَ عَلَیۡهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِینَ

Reclining therein face to face

یَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

There wait on them immortal youths

بِأَكۡوَابࣲ وَأَبَارِیقَ وَكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِینࣲ

With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring

لَّا یُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا یُنزِفُونَ

Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ مِّمَّا یَتَخَیَّرُونَ

And fruit that they prefer

وَلَحۡمِ طَیۡرࣲ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ

And flesh of fowls that they desire

وَحُورٌ عِینࣱ

And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes

كَأَمۡثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُؤِ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ

Like unto hidden pearls

جَزَاۤءَۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ

Reward for what they used to do

لَا یَسۡمَعُونَ فِیهَا لَغۡوࣰا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمًا

There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination

إِلَّا قِیلࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا

(Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand

فِی سِدۡرࣲ مَّخۡضُودࣲ

Among thornless lote-trees

وَطَلۡحࣲ مَّنضُودࣲ

And clustered plantains

وَظِلࣲّ مَّمۡدُودࣲ

And spreading shade

وَمَاۤءࣲ مَّسۡكُوبࣲ

And water gushing

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِیرَةࣲ

And fruit in plenty

لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةࣲ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةࣲ

Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden

وَفُرُشࣲ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ

And raised couches

إِنَّاۤ أَنشَأۡنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَاۤءࣰ

Lo! We have created them a (new) creation

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا

And made them virgins

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابࣰا

Lovers, friends

لِّأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

For those on the right hand

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ

A multitude of those of old

وَثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ

And a multitude of those of later time

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand

فِی سَمُومࣲ وَحَمِیمࣲ

In scorching wind and scalding water

وَظِلࣲّ مِّن یَحۡمُومࣲ

And shadow of black smoke

لَّا بَارِدࣲ وَلَا كَرِیمٍ

Neither cool nor refreshing

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَبۡلَ ذَ ٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِینَ

Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury

وَكَانُوا۟ یُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

And used to persist in the awful sin

وَكَانُوا۟ یَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ

And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again

أَوَ ءَابَاۤؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

And also our forefathers

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ وَٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِیقَـٰتِ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ

Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ

Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرࣲ مِّن زَقُّومࣲ

Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum

فَمَالِءُونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ

And will fill your bellies therewith

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَیۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ

And thereon ye will drink of boiling water

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِیمِ

Drinking even as the camel drinketh

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ

This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

We created you. Will ye then admit the truth

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ

Have ye seen that which ye emit

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ

Do ye create it or are We the Creator

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَیۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ

We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَـٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِی مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ

Have ye seen that which ye cultivate

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّ ٰرِعُونَ

Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمࣰا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ

If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim

إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ

Lo! we are laden with debt

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ

Nay, but we are deprived

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَاۤءَ ٱلَّذِی تَشۡرَبُونَ

Have ye observed the water which ye drink

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ

Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهُ أُجَاجࣰا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ

If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِی تُورُونَ

Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَاۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِءُونَ

Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَمَتَـٰعࣰا لِّلۡمُقۡوِینَ

We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous

۞ فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَ ٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

Nay, I swear by the places of the stars

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمࣱ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِیمٌ

And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانࣱ كَرِیمࣱ

That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an

فِی كِتَـٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ

In a Book kept hidden

لَّا یَمَسُّهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ

Which none toucheth save the purified

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ

A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ

Is it this Statement that ye scorn

وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ

And make denial thereof your livelihood

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ

Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)

وَأَنتُمۡ حِینَئِذࣲ تَنظُرُونَ

And ye are at that moment looking

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَیۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ

And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَیۡرَ مَدِینِینَ

Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us)

تَرۡجِعُونَهَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ

Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful

فَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِینَ

Thus if he is of those brought nigh

فَرَوۡحࣱ وَرَیۡحَانࣱ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِیمࣲ

Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

And if he is of those on the right hand

فَسَلَـٰمࣱ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ

But if he is of the rejecters, the erring

فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِیمࣲ

Then the welcome will be boiling water

وَتَصۡلِیَةُ جَحِیمٍ

And roasting at hell-fire

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ

Lo! this is certain truth

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous