إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

(Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا

When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا

And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا

Becoming dust scattered abroad,

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَـٰثَةً

And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.

فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand?

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ

And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

These will be those Nearest to Allah:

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

In Gardens of Bliss:

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

A number of people from those of old,

وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

And a few from those of later times.

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ

(They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones),

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

Reclining on them, facing each other.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness),

بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ

With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains:

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication:

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

And with fruits, any that they may select:

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.

وَحُورٌ عِينٌ

And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,-

كَأَمْثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

Like unto Pearls well-guarded.

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

A Reward for the deeds of their past (life).

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,-

إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَـٰمًا سَلَـٰمًا

Only the saying, "Peace! Peace".

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ

The Companions of the Right Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Right Hand?

فِى سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ

(They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns,

وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ

Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,-

وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ

In shade long-extended,

وَمَآءٍ مَّسْكُوبٍ

By water flowing constantly,

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ

And fruit in abundance.

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ

Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden,

وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءً

We have created (their Companions) of special creation.

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا

Beloved (by nature), equal in age,-

لِّأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

For the Companions of the Right Hand.

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

A (goodly) number from those of old,

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

And a (goodly) number from those of later times.

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

The Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?

فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ

(They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,

وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ

And in the shades of Black Smoke:

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

"(We) and our fathers of old?"

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

"All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well-known.