Al-Waqi'ah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

56:1

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

When the Inevitable Event takes place,

56:2

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun

then no one can deny it has come.

56:3

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

It will debase ˹some˺ and elevate ˹others˺.

56:4

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

When the earth will be violently shaken,

56:5

wabussati l-jibālu bassan

and the mountains will be crushed to pieces,

56:6

fakānat habāan munbathan

becoming scattered ˹particles of˺ dust,

56:7

wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan

you will ˹all˺ be ˹divided into˺ three groups:

56:8

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati

the people of the right, how ˹blessed˺ will they be;

56:9

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati

the people of the left, how ˹miserable˺ will they be;

56:10

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna

and the foremost ˹in faith˺ will be the foremost ˹in Paradise˺.

56:11

ulāika l-muqarabūna

They are the ones nearest ˹to Allah˺,

56:12

fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

in the Gardens of Bliss.

56:13

thullatun mina l-awalīna

˹They will be˺ a multitude from earlier generations

56:14

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīna

and a few from later generations.

56:15

ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin

˹All will be˺ on jewelled thrones,

56:16

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna

reclining face to face.

56:17

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna

They will be waited on by eternal youths

56:18

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīnin

with cups, pitchers, and a drink ˹of pure wine˺ from a flowing stream,

56:19

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūna

that will cause them neither headache nor intoxication.

56:20

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūna

˹They will also be served˺ any fruit they choose

56:21

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūna

and meat from any bird they desire.

56:22

waḥūrun ʿīnun

And ˹they will have˺ maidens with gorgeous eyes,

56:23

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūni

like pristine pearls,

56:24

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

˹all˺ as a reward for what they used to do.

56:25

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīman

There they will never hear any idle or sinful talk—

56:26

illā qīlan salāman salāman

only good and virtuous speech.

56:27

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīni

And the people of the right—how ˹blessed˺ will they be!

56:28

fī sid'rin makhḍūdin

˹They will be˺ amid thornless lote trees,

56:29

waṭalḥin manḍūdin

clusters of bananas,

56:30

waẓillin mamdūdin

extended shade,

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