Surah Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable)

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,

When the event befalleth -

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

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

There is no denying that it will befall -

خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ

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

Abasing (some), exalting (others);

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا

When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,

When the earth is shaken with a shock

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا

And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,

And the hills are ground to powder

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا

Becoming dust scattered abroad,

So that they become a scattered dust,

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ

And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.

And ye will be three kinds:

فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

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

(First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

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

And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand?

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ

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

And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

These will be those Nearest to Allah:

Those are they who will be brought nigh

فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

In Gardens of Bliss:

In gardens of delight;

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

A number of people from those of old,

A multitude of those of old

وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

And a few from those of later times.

And a few of those of later time.

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ

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

On lined couches,

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ

Reclining on them, facing each other.

Reclining therein face to face.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

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

There wait on them immortal youths

بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ

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

With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

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

Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

And with fruits, any that they may select:

And fruit that they prefer

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

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

And flesh of fowls that they desire.

وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ

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

And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,

كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

Like unto Pearls well-guarded.

Like unto hidden pearls,

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

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

Reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

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

There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination

إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا

Only the saying, "Peace! Peace".

(Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ

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

And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?

فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ

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

Among thornless lote-trees

وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ

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

And clustered plantains,

وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ

In shade long-extended,

And spreading shade,

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ

By water flowing constantly,

And water gushing,

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ

And fruit in abundance.

And fruit in plenty

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ

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

Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.

And raised couches;

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ

We have created (their Companions) of special creation.

Lo! We have created them a (new) creation

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

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

And made them virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا

Beloved (by nature), equal in age,-

Lovers, friends,

لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

For the Companions of the Right Hand.

For those on the right hand;

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

A (goodly) number from those of old,

A multitude of those of old

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

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

And a multitude of those of later time.

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

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

And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand?

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ

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

In scorching wind and scalding water

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ

And in the shades of Black Smoke:

And shadow of black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

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

Neither cool nor refreshing.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

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

Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

And used to persist in the awful sin.

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

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

And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

"(We) and our fathers of old?"

And also our forefathers?

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

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

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

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

Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ

"Then will ye truly,- O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as Falsehood!-

Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ

"Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.

Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

"Then will ye fill your insides therewith,

And will fill your bellies therewith;

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

"And drink Boiling Water on top of it:

And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"

Drinking even as the camel drinketh.

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!

This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth?

We created you. Will ye then admit the truth?

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

Do ye then see?- The (human Seed) that ye throw out,-

Have ye seen that which ye emit?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?

Do ye create it or are We the Creator?

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated

We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

from changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (forms) that ye know not.

That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do ye not celebrate His praises?

And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect?

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ

See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground?

Have ye seen that which ye cultivate?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

Is it ye that cause it to grow, or are We the Cause?

Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye would be left in wonderment,

If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ

(Saying), "We are indeed left with debts (for nothing):

Lo! we are laden with debt!

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

"Indeed are we shut out (of the fruits of our labour)"

Nay, but we are deprived!

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

See ye the water which ye drink?

Have ye observed the water which ye drink?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

Do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We?

Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): then why do ye not give thanks?

If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks?

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ

See ye the Fire which ye kindle?

Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?

Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ

We have made it a memorial (of Our handiwork), and an article of comfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.

We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Then celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme!

Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars,-

Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew,-

And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ

That this is indeed a qur'an Most Honourable,

That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an

فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ

In Book well-guarded,

In a Book kept hidden

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ

Which none shall touch but those who are clean:

Which none toucheth save the purified,

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ

Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?

Is it this Statement that ye scorn,

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ

And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false?

And make denial thereof your livelihood?

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-

Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ

And ye the while (sit) looking on,-

And ye are at that moment looking

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,-

- And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

Then why do ye not,- If you are exempt from (future) account,-

Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?

Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful?

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to Allah,

Thus if he is of those brought nigh,

فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ

(There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden of Delights.

Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand,

And if he is of those on the right hand,

فَسَلَٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

(For him is the salutation), "Peace be unto thee", from the Companions of the Right Hand.

Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

And if he be of those who treat (Truth) as Falsehood, who go wrong,

But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,

فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ

For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water.

Then the welcome will be boiling water

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ

And burning in Hell-Fire.

And roasting at hell-fire.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Verily, this is the Very Truth and Certainly.

Lo! this is certain truth.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

So celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.

Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.