Al-Waqi'ah

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

When the Occurrence occurs,

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

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

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا

wabussati l-jibālu bassan

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا

fakānat habāan munbathan

And become dust dispersing,

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَـٰثَةً

wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan

And you become [of] three kinds:

فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati

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

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati

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

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna

And the forerunners, the forerunners -

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

ulāika l-muqarabūna

Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

thullatun mina l-awalīna

A [large] company of the former peoples

وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīna

And a few of the later peoples,

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ

ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin

On thrones woven [with ornament],

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna

Reclining on them, facing each other.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.

بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīnin

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

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūna

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

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūna

And fruit of what they select

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūna

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

وَحُورٌ عِينٌ

waḥūrun ʿīnun

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

كَأَمْثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūni

The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

As reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīman

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

إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَـٰمًا سَلَـٰمًا

illā qīlan salāman salāman

Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīni

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

فِى سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ

fī sid'rin makhḍūdin

[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed.

وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ

waṭalḥin manḍūdin

And [banana] trees layered [with fruit].

وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ

waẓillin mamdūdin

And shade extended.

وَمَآءٍ مَّسْكُوبٍ

wamāin maskūbin

And water poured out

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ

wafākihatin kathīratin

And fruit, abundant [and varied],

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ

lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿatin

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

wafurushin marfūʿatin

And [upon] beds raised high.

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءً

innā anshanāhunna inshāan

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

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

fajaʿalnāhunna abkāran

And made them virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا

ʿuruban atrāban

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

لِّأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

li-aṣḥābi l-yamīni

For the companions of the right [who are]

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

thullatun mina l-awalīna

A company of the former peoples

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

wathullatun mina l-ākhirīna

And a company of the later peoples.

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāli

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

فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ

fī samūmin waḥamīmin

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ

waẓillin min yaḥmūmin

And a shade of black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

lā bāridin walā karīmin

Neither cool nor beneficial.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīna

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīmi

And they used to persist in the great violation,

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

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

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

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

awaābāunā l-awalūna

And our forefathers [as well]?"

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīna

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

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ

thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūna

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

لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ

laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmin

Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna

And filling with it your bellies

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīmi

And drinking on top of it from scalding water.

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīmi

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīni

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūna

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

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

afara-aytum mā tum'nūna

Have you seen that which you emit?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ

a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūna

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

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

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

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَـٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

ʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi-akum fī mā lā taʿlamūna

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

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

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

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

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūna

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

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūna

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

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna

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

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ

innā lamugh'ramūna

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

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

Rather, we have been deprived."

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūna

And have you seen the water that you drink?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

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

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

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna

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

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ

afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūna

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūna

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

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَـٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ

naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīna

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

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

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

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūmi

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmun

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

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ

innahu laqur'ānun karīmun

Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ

fī kitābin maknūnin

In a Register well-protected;.

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ

lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūna

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

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ

afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūna

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ

watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūna

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

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūma

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

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūna

And you are at that time looking on -

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūna

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

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīna

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

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīna

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

فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ

farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmin

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

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

And if he was of the companions of the right,

فَسَلَـٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

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

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

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

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

فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

fanuzulun min ḥamīmin

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ

wataṣliyatu jaḥīmin

And burning in Hellfire.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīni

Indeed, this is the true certainty,

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

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