Surah Al-Waaqia

اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ ۝١ۙ

1When the Imminent [Hour] befalls

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۝٢ۘ

2—there is no denying that it will befall—

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ ۝٣ۙ

3[it will be] lowering and exalting.

اِذَا رُجَّتِ الْاَرْضُ رَجًّا ۝٤ۙ

4When the earth is shaken violently,

وَّبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا ۝٥ۙ

5and the mountains are shattered into bits

فَكَانَتْ هَبَا࢜ءً مُّنۢ͏ْبَثًّا ۝٦ۙ

6and become scattered dust,

وَّكُنْتُمْ اَزْوَاجًا ثَلٰثَةً ۝٧ؕ

7you will be three groups:

فَاَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ࣢ۙ مَا͏ٓ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ۝٨ؕ

8The People of the Right Hand—and what are the People of the Right Hand?!

وَاَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ࣢ۙ مَا͏ٓ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۝٩ؕ

9And the People of the Left Hand—and what are the People of the Left Hand?!

وَالسّٰبِقُوْنَ السّٰبِقُوْنَ ۝١٠ۚۙ

10And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones:

اُولٰ࢜ىِٕكَ الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَ ۝١١ۚ

11they are the ones brought near [to Allah],

فِيْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِ ۝١٢

12[who will reside] in the gardens of bliss.

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝١٣ۙ

13A multitude from the former [generations]

وَقَلِيْلٌ مِّنَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۝١٤ؕ

14and a few from the latter ones.

عَلٰي سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُوْنَةٍ ۝١٥ۙ

15On brocaded couches

مُّتَّكِـِٕيْنَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقٰبِلِيْنَ ۝١٦

16reclining on them, face to face.

يَطُوْفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُوْنَ ۝١٧ۙ

17They will be waited upon by immortal youths,

بِاَكْوَابٍ وَّاَبَارِيْقَ࣢ۙ وَكَاْسٍ مِّنْ مَّعِيْنٍ ۝١٨ۙ

18with goblets and ewers and a cup of a clear wine,

لَّا يُصَدَّعُوْنَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنْزِفُوْنَ ۝١٩ۙ

19which causes them neither headache nor stupefaction,

وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُوْنَ ۝٢٠ۙ

20and such fruits as they prefer

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُوْنَ ۝٢١ؕ

21and such flesh of fowls as they desire,

وَحُوْرٌ عِيْنٌ ۝٢٢ۙ

22and big-eyed houris

كَاَمْثَالِ اللُّو͏ٔ͏ْلُوءِ الْمَكْنُوْنِ ۝٢٣ۚ

23like guarded pearls,

جَزَا࢜ءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝٢٤

24a reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ فِيْهَا لَغْوًا وَّلَا تَاْثِيْمًا ۝٢٥ۙ

25They will not hear therein any vain talk or sinful speech,

اِلَّا قِيْلًا سَلٰمًا سَلٰمًا ۝٢٦

26but only the watchword, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’

وَاَصْحٰبُ الْيَمِيْنِ࣢ۙ مَا͏ٓ اَصْحٰبُ الْيَمِيْنِ ۝٢٧ؕ

27And the People of the Right Hand—what are the People of the Right Hand?!

فِيْ سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُوْدٍ ۝٢٨ۙ

28Amid thornless lote trees

وَّطَلْحٍ مَّنْضُوْدٍ ۝٢٩ۙ

29and clustered spathes

وَّظِلٍّ مَّمْدُوْدٍ ۝٣٠ۙ

30and extended shade,

وَّمَا࢜ءٍ مَّسْكُوْبٍ ۝٣١ۙ

31and ever-flowing water

وَّفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيْرَةٍ ۝٣٢ۙ

32and abundant fruits,

لَّا مَقْطُوْعَةٍ وَّلَا مَمْنُوْعَةٍ ۝٣٣ۙ

33neither inaccessible, nor forbidden,

وَّفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوْعَةٍ ۝٣٤ؕ

34and noble spouses.

اِنَّا͏ٓ اَنْشَاْنٰهُنَّ اِنْشَا࢜ءً ۝٣٥ۙ

35We have created them with a special creation,

فَجَعَلْنٰهُنَّ اَبْكَارًا ۝٣٦ۙ

36and made them virgins,

عُرُبًا اَتْرَابًا ۝٣٧ۙ

37loving, of a like age,

لِّاَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِ ۝٣٨ؕࣖ

38for the People of the Right Hand.

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝٣٩ۙ

39A multitude from the former [generations]

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۝٤٠ؕ

40and a multitude from the latter [ones].

وَاَصْحٰبُ الشِّمَالِ࣢ۙ مَا͏ٓ اَصْحٰبُ الشِّمَالِ ۝٤١ؕ

41And the People of the Left Hand—what are the People of the Left Hand?!

فِيْ سَمُوْمٍ وَّحَمِيْمٍ ۝٤٢ۙ

42Amid infernal miasma and boiling water

وَّظِلٍّ مِّنْ يَّحْمُوْمٍ ۝٤٣ۙ

43and the shadow of a dense black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَّلَا كَرِيْمٍ ۝٤٤

44neither cool nor beneficial.

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِيْنَ ۝٤٥ۚۖ

45Indeed they had been affluent before this,

وَكَانُوْا يُصِرُّوْنَ عَلَي الْحِنْثِ الْعَظِيْمِ ۝٤٦ۚ

46and they used to persist in the great sin.

وَكَانُوْا يَقُوْلُوْنَ࣢ۙ اَىِٕذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ ۝٤٧ۙ

47And they used to say, ‘What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?!

اَوَاٰبَا࢜و͏ٔ͏ُنَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَ ۝٤٨

48And our forefathers too?!’

قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ وَالْاٰخِرِيْنَ ۝٤٩ۙ

49Say, ‘Indeed the former and latter generations

لَمَجْمُوْعُوْنَ࣢ۙ اِلٰي مِيْقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ ۝٥٠

50will all be gathered for the tryst of a known day.

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ اَيُّهَا الضَّا࢜لُّوْنَ الْمُكَذِّبُوْنَ ۝٥١ۙ

51Then indeed, you, astray deniers,

لَاٰكِلُوْنَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِّنْ زَقُّوْمٍ ۝٥٢ۙ

52will surely eat from the Zaqqum tree

فَمَالِـُٔوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُوْنَ ۝٥٣ۚ

53and stuff your bellies with it,

فَشٰرِبُوْنَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيْمِ ۝٥٤ۚ

54and drink boiling water on top of it,

فَشٰرِبُوْنَ شُرْبَ الْهِيْمِ ۝٥٥ؕ

55drinking like thirsty camels.’

هٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّيْنِ ۝٥٦ؕ

56Such will be the hospitality they receive on the Day of Retribution.

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُوْنَ ۝٥٧

57We created you. Then why do you not acknowledge it?

اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تُمْنُوْنَ ۝٥٨ؕ

58Have you considered the sperm that you emit?

ءَاَنْتُمْ تَخْلُقُوْنَهٗٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْخٰلِقُوْنَ ۝٥٩

59Is it you who create it, or are We the creator?

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوْقِيْنَ ۝٦٠ۙ

60We have ordained death among you, and We are not to be outmaneuvered

عَلٰٓي اَنْ نُّبَدِّلَ اَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنْشِي͏ٔ͏َكُمْ فِيْ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٦١

61from replacing you with your likes and recreating you in [a realm] you do not know.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُوْلٰي فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۝٦٢

62Certainly you have known the first genesis, then why do you not take admonition?

اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تَحْرُثُوْنَ ۝٦٣ؕ

63Have you considered what you sow?

ءَاَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُوْنَهٗٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الزّٰرِعُوْنَ ۝٦٤

64Is it you who make it grow, or are We the grower?

لَوْ نَشَا࢜ءُ لَجَعَلْنٰهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُوْنَ ۝٦٥

65If We wish, We turn it into chaff, whereat you are left stunned [saying to yourselves,]

اِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُوْنَ ۝٦٦ۙ

66‘Indeed we have suffered loss!

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُوْمُوْنَ ۝٦٧

67No, we are deprived!’

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ الْمَا࢜ءَ الَّذِيْ تَشْرَبُوْنَ ۝٦٨ؕ

68Have you considered the water that you drink?

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْزَلْتُمُوْهُ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْزِلُوْنَ ۝٦٩

69Is it you who bring it down from the rain cloud, or is it We who bring [it] down?

لَوْ نَشَا࢜ءُ جَعَلْنٰهُ اُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُوْنَ ۝٧٠

70If We wish We can make it bitter. Then why do you not give thanks?

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ النَّارَ الَّتِيْ تُوْرُوْنَ ۝٧١ؕ

71Have you considered the fire that you kindle?

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْشَاْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَا͏ٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْشِـُٔوْنَ ۝٧٢

72Was it you who caused its tree to grow, or were We the grower?

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَّمَتَاعًا لِّلْمُقْوِيْنَ ۝٧٣ۚ

73It was We who made it a reminder and a boon for the desert-dwellers.

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ۝٧٤ࣖ

74So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme.

فَلَا͏ٓ اُقْسِمُ بِمَوٰقِعِ النُّجُوْمِ ۝٧٥ۙ

75I swear by the places where the stars set!

وَاِنَّهٗ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عَظِيْمٌ ۝٧٦ۙ

76And indeed it is a great oath, should you know.

اِنَّهٗ لَقُرْاٰنٌ كَرِيْمٌ ۝٧٧ۙ

77This is indeed a noble Quran,

فِيْ كِتٰبٍ مَّكْنُوْنٍ ۝٧٨ۙ

78in a guarded Book

لَّا يَمَسُّهٗٓ اِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُوْنَ ۝٧٩ؕ

79—no one touches it except the pure ones—

تَنْزِيْلٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٨٠

80sent down gradually from the Lord of all the worlds.

اَفَبِهٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ اَنْتُمْ مُّدْهِنُوْنَ ۝٨١ۙ

81What! Do you take lightly this discourse?

وَتَجْعَلُوْنَ رِزْقَكُمْ اَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ ۝٨٢

82And make your denial of it your vocation?

فَلَوْلَا͏ٓ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُوْمَ ۝٨٣ۙ

83So when it reaches the throat [of the dying person],

وَاَنْتُمْ حِيْنَىِٕذٍ تَنْظُرُوْنَ ۝٨٤ۙ

84and at that moment you are looking on [at his bedside]

وَنَحْنُ اَقْرَبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ لَّا تُبْصِرُوْنَ ۝٨٥

85—and We are nearer to him than you are, though you do not perceive—

فَلَوْلَا͏ٓ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِيْنِيْنَ ۝٨٦ۙ

86then why do you not restore it, if you are not subject

تَرْجِعُوْنَهَا͏ٓ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٨٧

87[to Divine dispensation], if you are truthful?

فَاَمَّا͏ٓ اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ ۝٨٨ۙ

88Then, if he be of those brought near,

فَرَوْحٌ وَّرَيْحَانٌ࣢ۙ وَّجَنَّتُ نَعِيْمٍ ۝٨٩

89then ease, abundance, and a garden of bliss.

وَاَمَّا͏ٓ اِنْ كَانَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِ ۝٩٠ۙ

90And if he be of the People of the Right Hand,

فَسَلٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِ ۝٩١ؕ

91then [he will be told,] ‘Peace be on you, from the People of the Right Hand!’

وَاَمَّا͏ٓ اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ الضَّا࢜لِّيْنَ ۝٩٢ۙ

92But if he be of the impugners, the astray ones,

فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيْمٍ ۝٩٣ۙ

93then a treat of boiling water

وَّتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيْمٍ ۝٩٤

94and entry into hell.

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الْيَقِيْنِ ۝٩٥ۚ

95Indeed this is certain truth.

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ۝٩٦ࣖ

96So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme!