Surah Al-Insaan

هَلْأَتَىٰعَلَىٱلْإِنسَٰنِحِينٌۭمِّنَٱلدَّهْرِلَمْيَكُنشَيْـًۭٔامَّذْكُورًا

HAS THERE [not] been an endless span of time before man [appeared - a time] when he was not yet a thing to be thought of?

إِنَّاخَلَقْنَاٱلْإِنسَٰنَمِننُّطْفَةٍأَمْشَاجٍۢنَّبْتَلِيهِفَجَعَلْنَٰهُسَمِيعًۢابَصِيرًا

Verily, it is We who have created man out of a drop of sperm intermingled, so that We might try him [in his later life]: and therefore We made him a being endowed with hearing and sight.

إِنَّاهَدَيْنَٰهُٱلسَّبِيلَإِمَّاشَاكِرًۭاوَإِمَّاكَفُورًا

Verily, We have shown him the way: [and it rests with him to prove himself] either grateful or ungrateful.

إِنَّآأَعْتَدْنَالِلْكَٰفِرِينَسَلَٰسِلَا۟وَأَغْلَٰلًۭاوَسَعِيرًا

[Now,] behold, for those who deny the truth We have readied chains and shackles, and a blazing flame

إِنَّٱلْأَبْرَارَيَشْرَبُونَمِنكَأْسٍۢكَانَمِزَاجُهَاكَافُورًا

[whereas,] behold, the truly virtuous shall drink from a cup flavoured with the calyx of sweet-smelling flowers:

عَيْنًۭايَشْرَبُبِهَاعِبَادُٱللَّهِيُفَجِّرُونَهَاتَفْجِيرًۭا

a source [of bliss] whereof God's servants shall drink, seeing it flow in a flow abundant.

يُوفُونَبِٱلنَّذْرِوَيَخَافُونَيَوْمًۭاكَانَشَرُّهُۥمُسْتَطِيرًۭا

[The truly virtuous are] they [who] fulfil their vows, and stand in awe of a Day the woe of which is bound to spread far and wide,

وَيُطْعِمُونَٱلطَّعَامَعَلَىٰحُبِّهِۦمِسْكِينًۭاوَيَتِيمًۭاوَأَسِيرًا

and who give food - however great be their own want of it - unto the needy, and the orphan, and the captive,

إِنَّمَانُطْعِمُكُمْلِوَجْهِٱللَّهِلَانُرِيدُمِنكُمْجَزَآءًۭوَلَاشُكُورًا

[saying, in their hearts,] "We feed you for the sake of God alone: we desire no recompense from you, nor thanks:

إِنَّانَخَافُمِنرَّبِّنَايَوْمًاعَبُوسًۭاقَمْطَرِيرًۭا

behold, we stand in awe of our Sustainer's judgment on a distressful, fateful Day!"

فَوَقَىٰهُمُٱللَّهُشَرَّذَٰلِكَٱلْيَوْمِوَلَقَّىٰهُمْنَضْرَةًۭوَسُرُورًۭا

And so, God will preserve them from the woes of that Day, and will bestow on them brightness and joy,

وَجَزَىٰهُمبِمَاصَبَرُوا۟جَنَّةًۭوَحَرِيرًۭا

and will reward them for all their patience in adversity with a garden [of bliss] and with [garments of] silk.

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَفِيهَاعَلَىٱلْأَرَآئِكِلَايَرَوْنَفِيهَاشَمْسًۭاوَلَازَمْهَرِيرًۭا

In that [garden] they will on couches recline, and will know therein neither [burning] sun nor cold severe,

وَدَانِيَةًعَلَيْهِمْظِلَٰلُهَاوَذُلِّلَتْقُطُوفُهَاتَذْلِيلًۭا

since its [blissful] shades will come down low over them, and low will hang down its clusters of fruit, most easy to reach.

وَيُطَافُعَلَيْهِمبِـَٔانِيَةٍۢمِّنفِضَّةٍۢوَأَكْوَابٍۢكَانَتْقَوَارِيرَا۠

And they will be waited upon with vessels of silver and goblets that will [seem to] be crystal –

قَوَارِيرَا۟مِنفِضَّةٍۢقَدَّرُوهَاتَقْدِيرًۭا

crystal-like, [but] of silver - the measure whereof they alone will determine.

وَيُسْقَوْنَفِيهَاكَأْسًۭاكَانَمِزَاجُهَازَنجَبِيلًا

And in that [paradise] they will be given to drink of a cup flavoured with ginger,

عَيْنًۭافِيهَاتُسَمَّىٰسَلْسَبِيلًۭا

[derived from] a source [to be found] therein, whose name is "Seek Thy Way".

وَيَطُوفُعَلَيْهِمْوِلْدَٰنٌۭمُّخَلَّدُونَإِذَارَأَيْتَهُمْحَسِبْتَهُمْلُؤْلُؤًۭامَّنثُورًۭا

And immortal youths will wait upon them: when thou seest them, thou wouldst deem them to be scattered pearls;

وَإِذَارَأَيْتَثَمَّرَأَيْتَنَعِيمًۭاوَمُلْكًۭاكَبِيرًا

and when thou seest [anything that is] there thou wilt see [only] bliss and a realm transcendent