إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ ١
When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
56:2
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ٢
Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.
56:3
خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ ٣
(Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;
56:4
إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا ٤
When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,
56:5
وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا ٥
And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,
56:6
فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا ٦
Becoming dust scattered abroad,
56:7
وَكُنْتُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ثَلَاثَةً ٧
And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.
56:8
فَأَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ٨
Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand?
56:9
وَأَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ ٩
And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?
56:10
وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ ١٠
And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).
56:11
أُولَٰئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ ١١
These will be those Nearest to Allah:
56:12
فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ ١٢
In Gardens of Bliss:
56:13
ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
A number of people from those of old,
56:14
وَقَلِيلٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ ١٤
And a few from those of later times.
56:15
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَوْضُونَةٍ ١٥
(They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones),
56:16
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَابِلِينَ ١٦
Reclining on them, facing each other.
56:17
يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُخَلَّدُونَ ١٧
Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness),
56:18
بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَعِينٍ ١٨
With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains: