Al-Waqi'ah

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١

Idhā waqaʿatil-wāqiʿah.

When the Occurrence occurs,

لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ٢

Laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibah.

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

خَافِضَةٞ رَّافِعَةٌ ٣

Khāfiḍatur rāfiʿah.

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].¹

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجّٗا ٤

Idhā rujjatil-arḍu rajjā.

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسّٗا ٥

Wa bussatil-jibālu bassā.

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءٗ مُّنۢبَثّٗا ٦

Fakānat habāʾam munbaththā.

And become dust dispersing,

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ثَلَٰثَةٗ ٧

Wa kuntum azwājan thalāthah.

And you become [of] three kinds:

فَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ٨

Fa aṣḥābul-maymanati mā aṣḥābul-maymanah.

Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?¹

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ٩

Wa aṣḥābul-mashʾamati mā aṣḥābul-mashʾamah.

And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?¹

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ١٠

Was-sābiqūnas-sābiqūn.

And the forerunners, the forerunners¹ -

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ١١

Ulāʾikal-muqarrabūn.

Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ١٢

Fī jannātin-naʿīm.

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

Thullatum minal-awwalīn.

A [large] company of the former peoples

وَقَلِيلٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٤

Wa qalīlum minal-ākhirīn.

And a few of the later peoples,

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّوۡضُونَةٖ ١٥

ʿAlā sururim mawḍūnah.

On thrones woven [with ornament],

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ ١٦

Muttakiʾīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīn.

Reclining on them, facing each other.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنٞ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ١٧

Yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānum mukhalladūn.

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal

بِأَكۡوَابٖ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينٖ ١٨

Biʾakwābiw wa abārīqa wa kaʾsim mim maʿīn.

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

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ١٩

Lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā wa lā yunzifūn.

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

وَفَٰكِهَةٖ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ٢٠

Wa fākihatim mimmā yatakhayyarūn.

And fruit of what they select

وَلَحۡمِ طَيۡرٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٢١

Wa laḥmi ṭayrim mimmā yashtahūn.

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

وَحُورٌ عِينٞ ٢٢

Wa ḥūrun ʿīn.

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

كَأَمۡثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ ٢٣

Kaʾamthālil-luʾluʾil-maknūn.

The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٤

Jazāʾam bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

As reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمًا ٢٥

Lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwaw wa lā taʾthīmā.

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

إِلَّا قِيلٗا سَلَٰمٗا سَلَٰمٗا ٢٦

Illā qīlan salāman salāmā.

Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٢٧

Wa aṣḥābul-yamīni mā aṣḥābul-yamīn.

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

فِي سِدۡرٖ مَّخۡضُودٖ ٢٨

Fī sidrim makhḍūd.

[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed

وَطَلۡحٖ مَّنضُودٖ ٢٩

Wa ṭalḥim manḍūd.

And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]

وَظِلّٖ مَّمۡدُودٖ ٣٠

Wa ẓillim mamdūd.

And shade extended

وَمَآءٖ مَّسۡكُوبٖ ٣١

Wa māʾim maskūb.

And water poured out

وَفَٰكِهَةٖ كَثِيرَةٖ ٣٢

Wa fākihatin kathīrah.

And fruit, abundant [and varied],

لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةٖ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةٖ ٣٣

Lā maqṭūʿatiw wa lā mamnūʿah.

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

وَفُرُشٖ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ ٣٤

Wa furushim marfūʿah.

And [upon] beds raised high.

إِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءٗ ٣٥

Innā anshaʾnāhunna inshāʾā.

Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا ٣٦

Fajaʿalnāhunna abkārā.

And made them virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابٗا ٣٧

ʿUruban atrābā.

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٣٨

Liʾaṣḥābil-yamīn.

For the companions of the right [who are]

ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٩

Thullatum minal-awwalīn.

A company of the former peoples

وَثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٠

Wa thullatum minal-ākhirīn.

And a company of the later peoples.

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ٤١

Wa aṣḥābush-shimāli mā aṣḥābush-shimāl.

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

فِي سَمُومٖ وَحَمِيمٖ ٤٢

Fī samūmiw wa ḥamīm.

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

وَظِلّٖ مِّن يَحۡمُومٖ ٤٣

Wa ẓillim miy yaḥmūm.

And a shade of black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ٤٤

Lā bāridiw wa lā karīm.

Neither cool nor beneficial.

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ ٤٥

Innahum kānū qabla dhālika mutrafīn.

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٤٦

Wa kānū yuṣirrūna ʿalal-ḥinthil-ʿaẓīm.

And they used to persist in the great violation,¹

وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٤٧

Wa kānū yaqūlūna aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamabʿūthūn.

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

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٤٨

Awaʾābāʾunal-awwalūn.

And our forefathers [as well]?"

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٩

Qul innal-awwalīna wal-ākhirīn.

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

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٥٠

Lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmim maʿlūm.

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ ٥١

Thumma innakum ayyuhaḍ-ḍāllūnal-mukadhdhibūn.

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

لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ ٥٢

Laʾākilūna min shajarim min zaqqūm.

Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٥٣

Famāliʾūna minhal-buṭūn.

And filling with it your bellies

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٥٤

Fashāribūna ʿalayhi minal-ḥamīm.

And drinking on top of it from scalding water

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ ٥٥

Fashāribūna shurbal-hīm.

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٥٦

Hādhā nuzuluhum yawmad-dīn.

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ٥٧

Naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūn.

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

أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ ٥٨

Afaraʾaytum mā tumnūn.

Have you seen that which you emit?¹

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ٥٩

Aʾantum takhluqūnahū am naḥnul-khāliqūn.

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

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ٦٠

Naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumul-mawta wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn.

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

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٦١

ʿAlā an nubaddila amthālakum wa nunshiʾakum fī mā lā taʿlamūn.

In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.¹

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٦٢

Wa laqad ʿalimtumun-nashʾatal-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūn.

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

أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ ٦٣

Afaraʾaytum mā taḥruthūn.

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

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ٦٤

Aʾantum tazraʿūnahū am naḥnuz-zāriʿūn.

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

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ حُطَٰمٗا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ ٦٥

Law nashāʾu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūn.

If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,¹

إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ ٦٦

Innā lamughramūn.

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

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ٦٧

Bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn.

Rather, we have been deprived."

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱلَّذِي تَشۡرَبُونَ ٦٨

Afaraʾaytumul-māʾal-ladhī tashrabūn.

And have you seen the water that you drink?

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ ٦٩

Aʾantum anzaltumūhu minal-muzni am naḥnul-munzilūn.

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

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجٗا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٠

Law nashāʾu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūn.

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

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي تُورُونَ ٧١

Afaraʾaytumun-nāral-latī tūrūn.

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِـُٔونَ ٧٢

Aʾantum anshaʾtum shajaratahā am naḥnul-munshiʾūn.

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

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَمَتَٰعٗا لِّلۡمُقۡوِينَ ٧٣

Naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkirataw wa matāʿal lil-muqwīn.

We have made it a reminder¹ and provision for the travelers,²

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٤

Fasabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-ʿaẓīm.

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

۞ فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ٧٥

Falā uqsimu bimawāqiʿin-nujūm.

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,¹

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٞ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ٧٦

Wa innahū laqasamul law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīm.

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

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانٞ كَرِيمٞ ٧٧

Innahū laqurʾānun karīm.

Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

فِي كِتَٰبٖ مَّكۡنُونٖ ٧٨

Fī kitābim maknūn.

In a Register well-protected;¹.

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ ٧٩

Lā yamassuhū illal-muṭahharūn.

None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].

تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٠

Tanzīlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

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

أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ ٨١

Afabihādhal-ḥadīthi antum mudhinūn.

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٨٢

Wa tajʿalūna rizqakum annakum tukadhdhibūn.

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

فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ ٨٣

Falawlā idhā balaghatil-ḥulqūm.

Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat

وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذٖ تَنظُرُونَ ٨٤

Wa antum ḥīnaʾidhin tanẓurūn.

And you are at that time looking on -

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٨٥

Wa naḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum wa lākil lā tubṣirūn.

And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ ٨٦

Falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīn.

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

تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٨٧

Tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

Bring it back,¹ if you should be truthful?

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ٨٨

Fa ammā in kāna minal-muqarrabīn.

And if he [i.e., the deceased] was of those brought near [to Allāh],

فَرَوۡحٞ وَرَيۡحَانٞ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٖ ٨٩

Farawḥuw wa rayḥānuw wa jannatu naʿīm.

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

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٩٠

Wa ammā in kāna min aṣḥābil-yamīn.

And if he was of the companions of the right,

فَسَلَٰمٞ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٩١

Fasalāmul laka min aṣḥābil-yamīn.

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

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٩٢

Wa ammā in kāna minal-mukadhdhibīnaḍ-ḍāllīn.

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

فَنُزُلٞ مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ ٩٣

Fanuzulum min ḥamīm.

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

وَتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ٩٤

Wa taṣliyatu jaḥīm.

And burning in Hellfire.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٩٥

Inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqul-yaqīn.

Indeed, this is the true certainty,

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٩٦

Fasabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-ʿaẓīm.

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