56 - Surah Al-Waqi'ah الواقعة

When the Occurrence occurs,

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

wabussati l-jibālu bassan

And become dust dispersing.

fakānat habāan munbathan

And you become [of] three kinds:

wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan

Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati

And the forerunners, the forerunners -

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna

Those are the ones brought near [to Allah]

ulāika l-muqarabūna

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

A [large] company of the former peoples

thullatun mina l-awalīna

And a few of the later peoples,

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīna

On thrones woven [with ornament],

ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin

Reclining on them, facing each other.

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna

With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīnin

No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūna

And fruit of what they select

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūna

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūna

And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

waḥūrun ʿīnun

The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūni

As reward for what they used to do.

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīman

Only a saying: "Peace, peace."

illā qīlan salāman salāman

The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīni

[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed

fī sid'rin makhḍūdin

And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]

waṭalḥin manḍūdin

And shade extended

waẓillin mamdūdin

And water poured out

wamāin maskūbin

And fruit, abundant [and varied],

wafākihatin kathīratin

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿatin

And [upon] beds raised high.

wafurushin marfūʿatin

Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation

innā anshanāhunna inshāan

And made them virgins,

fajaʿalnāhunna abkāran

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

ʿuruban atrāban

For the companions of the right [who are]

li-aṣḥābi l-yamīni

A company of the former peoples

thullatun mina l-awalīna

And a company of the later peoples.

wathullatun mina l-ākhirīna

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāli

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

fī samūmin waḥamīmin

And a shade of black smoke,

waẓillin min yaḥmūmin

Neither cool nor beneficial.

lā bāridin walā karīmin

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīna

And they used to persist in the great violation,

wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīmi

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

wakānū yaqūlūna a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

And our forefathers [as well]?"

awaābāunā l-awalūna

Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīna

Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."

lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūna

Will be eating from trees of zaqqum

laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmin

And filling with it your bellies

famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna

And drinking on top of it from scalding water

fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīmi

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīmi

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīni

We have created you, so why do you not believe?

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūna

Have you seen that which you emit?

afara-aytum mā tum'nūna

Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūna

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.

ʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi-akum fī mā lā taʿlamūna

And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?

walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūna

And have you seen that [seed] which you sow?

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūna

Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?

a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūna

If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna

[Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt;

innā lamugh'ramūna

Rather, we have been deprived."

bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

And have you seen the water that you drink?

afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūna

Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?

a-antum anzaltumūhu mina l-muz'ni am naḥnu l-munzilūna

If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūna

Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūna

We have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers,

naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīna

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,

falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūmi

And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.

wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmun

Indeed, it is a noble Qur'an

innahu laqur'ānun karīmun

In a Register well-protected;

fī kitābin maknūnin

None touch it except the purified.

lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūna

[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūna

And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?

watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūna

Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūma

And you are at that time looking on -

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūna

And Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūna

Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīna

Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

And if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah,

fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīna

Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.

farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmin

And if he was of the companions of the right,

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right."

fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray,

wa-ammā in kāna mina l-mukadhibīna l-ḍālīna

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

fanuzulun min ḥamīmin

And burning in Hellfire

wataṣliyatu jaḥīmin

Indeed, this is the true certainty,

inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīni

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi