Surah Al-Waaqia

إِذَاوَقَعَتِٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass,

لَيْسَلِوَقْعَتِهَاكَاذِبَةٌ

there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass,

خَافِضَةٌۭرَّافِعَةٌ

abasing [some], exalting [others]!

إِذَارُجَّتِٱلْأَرْضُرَجًّۭا

When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe],

وَبُسَّتِٱلْجِبَالُبَسًّۭا

and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards,

فَكَانَتْهَبَآءًۭمُّنۢبَثًّۭا

so that they become as scat­tered dust –

وَكُنتُمْأَزْوَٰجًۭاثَلَٰثَةًۭ

[on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds.

فَأَصْحَٰبُٱلْمَيْمَنَةِمَآأَصْحَٰبُٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how [happy] will be they who have attained to what is right!

وَأَصْحَٰبُٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِمَآأَصْحَٰبُٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

And there shall be such as will have lost them­selves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil!

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ

But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]:

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

they who were [always] drawn close unto God!

فِىجَنَّٰتِٱلنَّعِيمِ

In gardens of bliss [will they dwell] -

ثُلَّةٌۭمِّنَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

a good many of those of olden times,

وَقَلِيلٌۭمِّنَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

but [only] a few of later times.

عَلَىٰسُرُرٍۢمَّوْضُونَةٍۢ

[They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness,

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَعَلَيْهَامُتَقَٰبِلِينَ

reclining upon them, facing one another [in love].

يَطُوفُعَلَيْهِمْوِلْدَٰنٌۭمُّخَلَّدُونَ

Immortal youths will wait upon them

بِأَكْوَابٍۢوَأَبَارِيقَوَكَأْسٍۢمِّنمَّعِينٍۢ

with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs

لَّايُصَدَّعُونَعَنْهَاوَلَايُنزِفُونَ

by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk;

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢمِّمَّايَتَخَيَّرُونَ

and with fruit of any kind that they may choose,