بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ

When the Terror descends

لَیۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

(and none denies its descending)

خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ

abasing, exalting,

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجࣰّا

when the earth shall be rocked

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّا

and the mountains crumbled

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَاۤءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّا

and become a dust, scattered,

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰ⁠جࣰا ثَلَـٰثَةࣰ

and you shall be three bands --

فَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ

Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!)

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left!)

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ

and the Outstrippers: the Outstrippers

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ

those are they brought nigh the Throne,

فِی جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ

in the Gardens of Delight

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ

(a throng of the ancients

وَقَلِیلࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ

and how few of the later folk)

عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّوۡضُونَةࣲ

upon close-wrought couches

مُّتَّكِـِٔینَ عَلَیۡهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِینَ

reclining upon them, set face to face,

یَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰ⁠نࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

immortal youths going round about them

بِأَكۡوَابࣲ وَأَبَارِیقَ وَكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِینࣲ

with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a spring

لَّا یُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا یُنزِفُونَ

(no brows throbbing, no intoxication)

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ مِّمَّا یَتَخَیَّرُونَ

and such fruits as they shall choose,

وَلَحۡمِ طَیۡرࣲ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ

and such flesh of fowl as they desire,

وَحُورٌ عِینࣱ

and wide-eyed houris

كَأَمۡثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ

as the likeness of hidden pearls,

جَزَاۤءَۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ

a recompense for that they laboured.

لَا یَسۡمَعُونَ فِیهَا لَغۡوࣰا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمًا

Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin,

إِلَّا قِیلࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا

only the saying 'Peace, Peace!'

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

The Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!)

فِی سِدۡرࣲ مَّخۡضُودࣲ

mid thornless lote-trees

وَطَلۡحࣲ مَّنضُودࣲ

and serried acacias,

وَظِلࣲّ مَّمۡدُودࣲ

and spreading shade

وَمَاۤءࣲ مَّسۡكُوبࣲ

and outpoured waters,

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِیرَةࣲ

and fruits abounding

لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةࣲ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةࣲ

unfailing, unforbidden,

وَفُرُشࣲ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ

and upraised couches.

إِنَّاۤ أَنشَأۡنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَاۤءࣰ

Perfectly We formed them, perfect,

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا

and We made them spotless virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابࣰا

chastely amorous,

لِّأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

like of age for the Companions of the Right.

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ

A throng of the ancients

وَثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ

and a throng of the later folk.

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

The Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left!)

فِی سَمُومࣲ وَحَمِیمࣲ

mid burning winds and boiling waters

وَظِلࣲّ مِّن یَحۡمُومࣲ

and the shadow of a smoking blaze

لَّا بَارِدࣲ وَلَا كَرِیمٍ

neither cool, neither goodly;

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَبۡلَ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ مُتۡرَفِینَ

and before that they lived at ease,

وَكَانُوا۟ یُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

and persisted in the Great Sin,

وَكَانُوا۟ یَقُولُونَ أَىِٕذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ

ever saying, 'What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised up?

أَوَءَابَاۤؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

What, and our fathers, the ancients?'

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ وَٱلۡـَٔاخِرِینَ

Say: 'The ancients, and the later folk

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِیقَـٰتِ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ

shall be gathered to the appointed time of a known day.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ

Then you erring ones, you that cried lies,

لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرࣲ مِّن زَقُّومࣲ

you shall eat of a tree called Zakkoum,

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ

and you shall fill therewith your bellies

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَیۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ

and drink on top of that boiling water

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِیمِ

lapping it down like thirsty camels.'

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ

This shall be their hospitality on the Day of Doom.

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

We created you; therefore why will you not believe?

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ

Have you considered the seed you spill?

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ

Do you yourselves create it, or are We the Creators?

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَیۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ

We have decreed among you Death; We shall not be outstripped;

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَـٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِی مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

that We may exchange the likes of you, and make you to grow again in a fashion you know not.

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

You have known the first growth; so why will you not remember?

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ

Have you considered the soil you till?

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّ ٰ⁠رِعُونَ

Do you yourselves sow it, or are We the Sowers?

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمࣰا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ

Did We will, We would make it broken orts, and you would remain bitterly jesting --

إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ

'We are debt-loaded;

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ

nay, we have been robbed!'

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَاۤءَ ٱلَّذِی تَشۡرَبُونَ

Have you considered the water you drink?

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ

Did you send it down from the clouds, or did We send it?

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهُ أُجَاجࣰا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ

Did We will, We would make it bitter; so why are you not thankful?

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِی تُورُونَ

Have you considered the fire you kindle?

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَاۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِـُٔونَ

Did you make its timber to grow, or did We make it?

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَمَتَـٰعࣰا لِّلۡمُقۡوِینَ

We Ourselves made it for a reminder, and a boon to the desert-dwellers.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

Then magnify the Name of thy Lord, the All-mighty.

۞ فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَ ٰ⁠قِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

No! I swear by the fallings of the stars

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمࣱ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِیمٌ

(and that is indeed a mighty oath, did you but know it)

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانࣱ كَرِیمࣱ

it is surely a noble Koran

فِی كِتَـٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ

in a hidden Book

لَّا یَمَسُّهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ

none but the purified shall touch,

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ

a sending down from the Lord of all Being.

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ

What, do you hold this discourse in disdain,

وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ

and do you make it your living to cry lies?

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ

Why, but when the soul leaps to the throat of the dying

وَأَنتُمۡ حِینَىِٕذࣲ تَنظُرُونَ

and that hour you are watching

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَیۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ

(And We are nigher him than you, but you do not see Us)

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَیۡرَ مَدِینِینَ

why, if you are not at Our disposal,

تَرۡجِعُونَهَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ

do you not bring back his soul, if you speak truly?

فَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِینَ

Then, if he be of those brought nigh the Throne,

فَرَوۡحࣱ وَرَیۡحَانࣱ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِیمࣲ

there shall be repose and ease, and a Garden of Delight;

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

and if he be a Companion of the Right:

فَسَلَـٰمࣱ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

'Peace be upon thee, Companion of the Right!'

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ

But if he be of them that cried lies, and went astray,

فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِیمࣲ

there shall be a hospitality of boiling water

وَتَصۡلِیَةُ جَحِیمٍ

and the roasting in Hell.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ

Surely this is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

Then magnify the Name of thy Lord, the All-mighty.