Surah Al-Waqi'ah · The Inevitable

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ۝١

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿah

When the Occurrence occurs,

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۝٢

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibah

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ ۝٣

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿah

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

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا ۝٤

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjā

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا ۝٥

wabussati l-jibālu bassā

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا ۝٦

fakānat habāan munbathā

And become dust dispersing,

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَـٰثَةً ۝٧

wakuntum azwājan thalāthah

And you become [of] three kinds:

فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ۝٨

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanah

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

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۝٩

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamah

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

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ۝١٠

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūn

And the forerunners, the forerunners -

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝١١

ulāika l-muqarabūn

Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝١٢

fī jannāti l-naʿīm

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٣

thullatun mina l-awalīn

A [large] company of the former peoples

وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ۝١٤

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīn

And a few of the later peoples,

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ ۝١٥

ʿalā sururin mawḍūnah

On thrones woven [with ornament],

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ۝١٦

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīn

Reclining on them, facing each other.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ۝١٧

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūn

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.

بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ ۝١٨

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīn

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

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ۝١٩

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūn

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

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ۝٢٠

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūn

And fruit of what they select

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ۝٢١

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūn

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

وَحُورٌ عِينٌ ۝٢٢

waḥūrun ʿīn

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

كَأَمْثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ ۝٢٣

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūn

The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ۝٢٤

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

As reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا ۝٢٥

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīmā

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

إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَـٰمًا سَلَـٰمًا ۝٢٦

illā qīlan salāman salāmā

Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٢٧

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīn

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

فِى سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ ۝٢٨

fī sid'rin makhḍūd

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

وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ ۝٢٩

waṭalḥin manḍūd

And [banana] trees layered [with fruit].

وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ ۝٣٠

waẓillin mamdūd

And shade extended.

وَمَآءٍ مَّسْكُوبٍ ۝٣١

wamāin maskūb

And water poured out

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ ۝٣٢

wafākihatin kathīrah

And fruit, abundant [and varied],

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ ۝٣٣

lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿah

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ ۝٣٤

wafurushin marfūʿah

And [upon] beds raised high.

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءً ۝٣٥

innā anshanāhunna inshāā

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

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا ۝٣٦

fajaʿalnāhunna abkārā

And made them virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا ۝٣٧

ʿuruban atrābā

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

لِّأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٣٨

li-aṣḥābi l-yamīn

For the companions of the right [who are]

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝٣٩

thullatun mina l-awalīn

A company of the former peoples

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ۝٤٠

wathullatun mina l-ākhirīn

And a company of the later peoples.

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۝٤١

wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāl

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

فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ ۝٤٢

fī samūmin waḥamīm

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ ۝٤٣

waẓillin min yaḥmūm

And a shade of black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ۝٤٤

lā bāridin walā karīm

Neither cool nor beneficial.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ۝٤٥

innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīn

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٤٦

wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīm

And they used to persist in the great violation,

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ۝٤٧

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

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

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۝٤٨

awaābāunā l-awalūn

And our forefathers [as well]?"

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ۝٤٩

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīn

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

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ۝٥٠

lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūm

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٥١

thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūn

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

لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ ۝٥٢

laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūm

Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ۝٥٣

famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūn

And filling with it your bellies

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ۝٥٤

fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīm

And drinking on top of it from scalding water.

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ ۝٥٥

fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīm

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٥٦

hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīn

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ۝٥٧

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūn

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

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ ۝٥٨

afara-aytum mā tum'nūn

Have you seen that which you emit?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٥٩

a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūn

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

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ۝٦٠

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīn

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

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَـٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٦١

ʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi-akum fī mā lā taʿlamūn

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

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٦٢

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

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

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ۝٦٣

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūn

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

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ۝٦٤

a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūn

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

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ۝٦٥

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūn

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

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ ۝٦٦

innā lamugh'ramūn

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

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ۝٦٧

bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn

Rather, we have been deprived."

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ ۝٦٨

afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūn

And have you seen the water that you drink?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ ۝٦٩

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

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

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ ۝٧٠

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūn

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

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ ۝٧١

afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūn

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ ۝٧٢

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūn

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

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَـٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ۝٧٣

naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīn

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

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٧٤

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٧٥

falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūm

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ۝٧٦

wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīm

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

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ ۝٧٧

innahu laqur'ānun karīm

Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ ۝٧٨

fī kitābin maknūn

In a Register well-protected;.

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ ۝٧٩

lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūn

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

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ۝٨٠

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

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

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ ۝٨١

afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūn

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٨٢

watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūn

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

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ ۝٨٣

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūm

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

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ ۝٨٤

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūn

And you are at that time looking on -

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝٨٥

wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūn

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

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ ۝٨٦

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīn

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

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ۝٨٧

tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīn

Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ۝٨٨

fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīn

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

فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ ۝٨٩

farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīm

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

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٩٠

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

And if he was of the companions of the right,

فَسَلَـٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٩١

fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

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

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ۝٩٢

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

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

فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ ۝٩٣

fanuzulun min ḥamīm

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ۝٩٤

wataṣliyatu jaḥīm

And burning in Hellfire.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ۝٩٥

inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīn

Indeed, this is the true certainty,

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٩٦

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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