Surah As-Saaffaat

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمْرِزْقٌۭمَّعْلُومٌۭ

[in the hereafter,] theirs shall be a sustenance which they will recognize

فَوَٰكِهُوَهُممُّكْرَمُونَ

as the fruits [of their life on earth]; and honoured shall they be

فِىجَنَّٰتِٱلنَّعِيمِ

in gardens of bliss,

عَلَىٰسُرُرٍۢمُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

facing one another [in love] upon thrones of happiness.

يُطَافُعَلَيْهِمبِكَأْسٍۢمِّنمَّعِينٍۭ

A cup will be passed round among them [with a drink] from unsullied springs,

بَيْضَآءَلَذَّةٍۢلِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

clear, delightful to those who drink it:

لَافِيهَاغَوْلٌۭوَلَاهُمْعَنْهَايُنزَفُونَ

no headiness will be in it, and they will not get drunk thereon.

وَعِندَهُمْقَٰصِرَٰتُٱلطَّرْفِعِينٌۭ

And with them will be mates of modest gaze, most beautiful of eye,

كَأَنَّهُنَّبَيْضٌۭمَّكْنُونٌۭ

[as free of faults] as if they were hidden [ostrich] eggs.

فَأَقْبَلَبَعْضُهُمْعَلَىٰبَعْضٍۢيَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And they will all turn to one another, asking each other [about their past lives].

قَالَقَآئِلٌۭمِّنْهُمْإِنِّىكَانَلِىقَرِينٌۭ

One of them speaks thus: “Behold, I had [on earth] a close companion

يَقُولُأَءِنَّكَلَمِنَٱلْمُصَدِّقِينَ

who was wont to ask [me], ‘Why - art thou really one of those who believe it to be true

أَءِذَامِتْنَاوَكُنَّاتُرَابًۭاوَعِظَٰمًاأَءِنَّالَمَدِينُونَ

[that] after we have died and become mere dust and bones we shall, forsooth, be brought to judgment?”’

قَالَهَلْأَنتُممُّطَّلِعُونَ

[And] he adds: “Would you like to look [and see him]?” –

فَٱطَّلَعَفَرَءَاهُفِىسَوَآءِٱلْجَحِيمِ

and then he looks and sees that [companion of his] in the midst of the blazing fire,

قَالَتَٱللَّهِإِنكِدتَّلَتُرْدِينِ

and says: “By God! Verily, thou hast almost destroyed me [too, O my erstwhile companion]

وَلَوْلَانِعْمَةُرَبِّىلَكُنتُمِنَٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

for had it not been for my Sustainer’s favour, I would surely be [now] among those who are given over [to suffering]!

أَفَمَانَحْنُبِمَيِّتِينَ

But then, [O my friends in paradise,] is it [really] so that we are not to die

إِلَّامَوْتَتَنَاٱلْأُولَىٰوَمَانَحْنُبِمُعَذَّبِينَ

[again,] beyond our previous death, and that we shall never [again] be made to suffer?

إِنَّهَٰذَالَهُوَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْعَظِيمُ

Verily, this - this indeed - is the triumph supreme!”