Al-Waqi'ah · The Inevitable

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ﴿١﴾

When the Occurrence occurs,

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ﴿٢﴾

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun

خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ ﴿٣﴾

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا ﴿٤﴾

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا ﴿٥﴾

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

wabussati l-jibālu bassan

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا ﴿٦﴾

And become dust dispersing,

fakānat habāan munbathan

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَـٰثَةًۭ ﴿٧﴾

And you become [of] three kinds:

wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan

فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿٨﴾

Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿٩﴾

And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

And the forerunners, the forerunners -

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿١١﴾

Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

ulāika l-muqarabūna

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿١٢﴾

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

A [large] company of the former peoples

thullatun mina l-awalīna

وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿١٤﴾

And a few of the later peoples,

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīna

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ ﴿١٥﴾

On thrones woven [with ornament],

ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Reclining on them, facing each other.

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna

بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ ﴿١٨﴾

With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīnin

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūna

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

And fruit of what they select

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūna

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūna

وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ ﴿٢٢﴾

And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

waḥūrun ʿīnun

كَأَمْثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ ﴿٢٣﴾

The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūni

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

As reward for what they used to do.

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا ﴿٢٥﴾

They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīman

إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَـٰمًۭا سَلَـٰمًۭا ﴿٢٦﴾

Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

illā qīlan salāman salāman

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٢٧﴾

The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīni

فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ ﴿٢٨﴾

[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed.

fī sid'rin makhḍūdin

وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ ﴿٢٩﴾

And [banana] trees layered [with fruit].

waṭalḥin manḍūdin

وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ ﴿٣٠﴾

And shade extended.

waẓillin mamdūdin

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ ﴿٣١﴾

And water poured out

wamāin maskūbin

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ ﴿٣٢﴾

And fruit, abundant [and varied],

wafākihatin kathīratin

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ ﴿٣٣﴾

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿatin

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ ﴿٣٤﴾

And [upon] beds raised high.

wafurushin marfūʿatin

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ ﴿٣٥﴾

Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation

innā anshanāhunna inshāan

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا ﴿٣٦﴾

And made them virgins,

fajaʿalnāhunna abkāran

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا ﴿٣٧﴾

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

ʿuruban atrāban

لِّأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٣٨﴾

For the companions of the right [who are]

li-aṣḥābi l-yamīni

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٣٩﴾

A company of the former peoples

thullatun mina l-awalīna

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

And a company of the later peoples.

wathullatun mina l-ākhirīna

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ﴿٤١﴾

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāli

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ ﴿٤٢﴾

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

fī samūmin waḥamīmin

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ ﴿٤٣﴾

And a shade of black smoke,

waẓillin min yaḥmūmin

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ﴿٤٤﴾

Neither cool nor beneficial.

lā bāridin walā karīmin

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīna

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٤٦﴾

And they used to persist in the great violation,

wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīmi

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

wakānū yaqūlūna a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

And our forefathers [as well]?"

awaābāunā l-awalūna

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīna

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ﴿٥٠﴾

Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."

lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūna

لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ ﴿٥٢﴾

Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmin

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

And filling with it your bellies

famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿٥٤﴾

And drinking on top of it from scalding water.

fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīmi

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ ﴿٥٥﴾

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīmi

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٥٦﴾

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīni

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

We have created you, so why do you not believe?

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūna

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

Have you seen that which you emit?

afara-aytum mā tum'nūna

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūna

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَـٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.

ʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi-akum fī mā lā taʿlamūna

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?

walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūna

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

And have you seen that [seed] which you sow?

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūna

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?

a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūna

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

[Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt;

innā lamugh'ramūna

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

Rather, we have been deprived."

bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

And have you seen the water that you drink?

afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūna

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾

Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?

a-antum anzaltumūhu mina l-muz'ni am naḥnu l-munzilūna

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūna

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūna

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَـٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

We have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers,

naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīna

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٧٤﴾

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٧٥﴾

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,

falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūmi

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٧٦﴾

And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.

wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmun

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ ﴿٧٧﴾

Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

innahu laqur'ānun karīmun

فِى كِتَـٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ ﴿٧٨﴾

In a Register well-protected;.

fī kitābin maknūnin

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].

lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūna

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾

[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ ﴿٨١﴾

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūna

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?

watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūna

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūma

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾

And you are at that time looking on -

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūna

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūna

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ ﴿٨٦﴾

Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīna

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾

Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ﴿٨٨﴾

And if he [i.e., the deceased] was of those brought near [to Allāh],

fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīna

فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿٨٩﴾

Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.

farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmin

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٩٠﴾

And if he was of the companions of the right,

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

فَسَلَـٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٩١﴾

Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right."

fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٩٢﴾

But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray,

wa-ammā in kāna mina l-mukadhibīna l-ḍālīna

فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ ﴿٩٣﴾

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

fanuzulun min ḥamīmin

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ﴿٩٤﴾

And burning in Hellfire.

wataṣliyatu jaḥīmin

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٩٥﴾

Indeed, this is the true certainty,

inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīni

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٩٦﴾

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi