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:
56:19
لَا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنْزِفُونَ ١٩
No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication:
56:20
وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ٢٠
And with fruits, any that they may select:
56:21
وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ٢١
And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.
56:22
وَحُورٌ عِينٌ ٢٢
And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,-
56:23
كَأَمْثَالِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الْمَكْنُونِ ٢٣
Like unto Pearls well-guarded.
56:24
جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ٢٤
A Reward for the deeds of their past (life).
56:25
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا ٢٥
Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,-
56:26
إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَامًا سَلَامًا ٢٦
Only the saying, "Peace! Peace".
56:27
وَأَصْحَابُ الْيَمِينِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْيَمِينِ ٢٧
The Companions of the Right Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Right Hand?
56:28
فِي سِدْرٍ مَخْضُودٍ ٢٨
(They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns,
56:29
وَطَلْحٍ مَنْضُودٍ ٢٩
Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,-
56:30
وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ ٣٠
In shade long-extended,
56:31
وَمَاءٍ مَسْكُوبٍ ٣١
By water flowing constantly,
56:32
وَفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ ٣٢
And fruit in abundance.
56:33
لَا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ ٣٣
Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden,
56:34
وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ ٣٤
And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.
56:35
إِنَّا أَنْشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنْشَاءً ٣٥
We have created (their Companions) of special creation.
56:36
فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا ٣٦
And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -
56:37
عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا ٣٧
Beloved (by nature), equal in age,-
56:38
لِأَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ ٣٨
For the Companions of the Right Hand.
56:39
ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ ٣٩
A (goodly) number from those of old,
56:40
وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ ٤٠
And a (goodly) number from those of later times.
56:41
وَأَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ ٤١
The Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?
56:42
فِي سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ ٤٢
(They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,
56:43
وَظِلٍّ مِنْ يَحْمُومٍ ٤٣
And in the shades of Black Smoke:
56:44
لَا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ٤٤
Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:
56:45
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ٤٥
For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),
56:46
وَكَانُوا يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى الْحِنْثِ الْعَظِيمِ ٤٦
And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!
56:47
وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ٤٧
And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-
56:48
أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ ٤٨
"(We) and our fathers of old?"
56:49
قُلْ إِنَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ ٤٩
Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,
56:50
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ ٥٠
"All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well-known.
56:51
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا الضَّالُّونَ الْمُكَذِّبُونَ ٥١
"Then will ye truly,- O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as Falsehood!-
56:52
لَآكِلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِنْ زَقُّومٍ ٥٢
"Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.
56:53
فَمَالِئُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ ٥٣
"Then will ye fill your insides therewith,
56:54
فَشَارِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيمِ ٥٤
"And drink Boiling Water on top of it:
56:55
فَشَارِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهِيمِ ٥٥
"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"