Surah Al-Waqi'ah الواقعة

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١

Idhā waqa'atil-wāqi'ah

When the Occurrence occurs,

لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ٢

Laysa liwaq'atihā kādhibah

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

خَافِضَةٞ رَّافِعَةٌ ٣

Khāfidatur rāfi'ah

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].¹⁶⁰⁸

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجّٗا ٤

Idhā rujjatil-ardu rajjā

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسّٗا ٥

Wabussatil-jibālu bassā

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءٗ مُّنۢبَثّٗا ٦

Fakānat habā'am mumbatthā

And become dust dispersing,

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ثَلَٰثَةٗ ٧

Wakuntum azwājan thalāthah

And you become [of] three kinds:

فَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ٨

Fa ashābul-maymanati mā ashābul-maymanah

Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?¹⁶⁰⁹

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ٩

Wa ashābul-mash'amati mā ashābul-mash'amah

And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?¹⁶¹⁰

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ١٠

Was-sābiqūnas-sābiqūn

And the forerunners, the forerunners¹⁶¹¹ -

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ١١

Ulā'ikal-muqarrabūn

Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ١٢

Fī jannātin-na'īm

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

Thullatum minal-awwalīn

A [large] company of the former peoples

وَقَلِيلٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٤

Waqalīlum minal-ākhirīn

And a few of the later peoples,

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّوۡضُونَةٖ ١٥

'Alā sururim mawdūnah

On thrones woven [with ornament],

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ ١٦

Mmuttaki'īna 'alayhā mutaqābilīn

Reclining on them, facing each other.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنٞ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ١٧

Yatūfu 'alayhim wildānum mukhalladūn

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal

بِأَكۡوَابٖ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينٖ ١٨

Bi akwābin wa abārīqa waka'sim mim ma'īn

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

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ١٩

Llā yusadda'ūna 'anhā walā yunzifūn

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

وَفَٰكِهَةٖ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ٢٠

Wafākihatim mimmā yatakhayyarūn

And fruit of what they select

وَلَحۡمِ طَيۡرٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٢١

Walahmi tayrim mimmā yashtahūn

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

وَحُورٌ عِينٞ ٢٢

Wahūrun 'īn

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

كَأَمۡثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ ٢٣

Ka amthālil-lu'luw'il-maknūn

The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٤

Jazā'a bimā kānū ya'malūn

As reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمًا ٢٥

Lā yasma'ūna fīhā laghwan walā ta'thīmā

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

إِلَّا قِيلٗا سَلَٰمٗا سَلَٰمٗا ٢٦

Illā qīlan salāman salāmā

Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٢٧

Wa ashābul-yamīni mā ashābul-yamīn

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

فِي سِدۡرٖ مَّخۡضُودٖ ٢٨

Fī sidrim makhdūd

[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed

وَطَلۡحٖ مَّنضُودٖ ٢٩

Watalhim mandūd

And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]

وَظِلّٖ مَّمۡدُودٖ ٣٠

Wazillim mamdūd

And shade extended

وَمَآءٖ مَّسۡكُوبٖ ٣١

Wamā'im maskūb

And water poured out

وَفَٰكِهَةٖ كَثِيرَةٖ ٣٢

Wafākihatin kathīrah

And fruit, abundant [and varied],

لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةٖ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةٖ ٣٣

Llā maqtū'atin walā mamnū'ah

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

وَفُرُشٖ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ ٣٤

Wafurushim marfū'ah

And [upon] beds raised high.

إِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءٗ ٣٥

Innā ansha'nāhunna inshā'ā

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

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا ٣٦

Faja'alnāhunna abkārā

And made them virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابٗا ٣٧

'Uruban atrābā

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٣٨

Lli ashābil-yamīn

For the companions of the right [who are]

ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٩

Thullatum minal-awwalīn

A company of the former peoples

وَثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٠

Wathullatum minal-ākhirīn

And a company of the later peoples.

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ٤١

Wa ashābush-shimāli mā ashābush-shimāl

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

فِي سَمُومٖ وَحَمِيمٖ ٤٢

Fī samūmin wahamīm

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

وَظِلّٖ مِّن يَحۡمُومٖ ٤٣

Wazillim min yahmūm

And a shade of black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ٤٤

Llā bāridin walā karīm

Neither cool nor beneficial.

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ ٤٥

Innahum kānū qabla dhālika mutrafīn

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٤٦

Wakānū yusirrūna 'alal-hinthil-'azīm

And they used to persist in the great violation,¹⁶¹²

وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٤٧

Wakānū yaqūlūna a'idhā mitnā wakunnā turāban wa'izāman a'innā lamab'ūthūn

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

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٤٨

Awa'ābā'unal-awwalūn

And our forefathers [as well]?"

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٩

Qul innal-awwalīna wal-ākhirīn

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

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٥٠

Lamajmū'ūna ilā mīqāti yawmim ma'lūm

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ ٥١

Thumma innakum ayyuhad-dāllūnal-mukaddhibūn

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

لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ ٥٢

La'ākilūna min shajarim min zaqqūm

Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٥٣

Famāli'ūna minhal-butūn

And filling with it your bellies

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٥٤

Fashāribūna 'alayhi minal-hamīm

And drinking on top of it from scalding water

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ ٥٥

Fashāribūna shurbal-hīm

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٥٦

Hādhā nuzuluhum yawmad-dīn

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ٥٧

Nahnu khalaqnākum falawlā tusaddiqūn

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

أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ ٥٨

Afara'aytum mā tumnūn

Have you seen that which you emit?¹⁶¹³

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ٥٩

A'antum takhluqūnahū am nahnul-khāliqūn

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

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ٦٠

Nahnu qaddarnā baynakumul-mawta wamā nahnu bimasbūqīn

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

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٦١

'Alā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi'akum fī mā lā ta'lamūn

In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.¹⁶¹⁴

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٦٢

Walaqad 'alimtumun-nash'atal-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūn

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

أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ ٦٣

Afara'aytum mā tahruthūn

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

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ٦٤

A'antum tazra'ūnahū am nahnuz-zāri'ūn

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

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ حُطَٰمٗا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ ٦٥

Law nashā'u laja'alnāhu hutāman fazaltum tafakkahūn

If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,¹⁶¹⁵

إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ ٦٦

Innā lamughramūn

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

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ٦٧

Bal nahnu mahrūmūn

Rather, we have been deprived."

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱلَّذِي تَشۡرَبُونَ ٦٨

Afara'aytumul-mā'al-ladhī tashrabūn

And have you seen the water that you drink?

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ ٦٩

A'antum anzaltumūhu minal-muzni am nahnul-munzilūn

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

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجٗا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٠

Law nashā'u ja'alnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūn

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

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي تُورُونَ ٧١

Afara'aytumun-nāral-latī tūrūn

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِـُٔونَ ٧٢

A'antum ansha'tum shajaratahā am nahnul-munshi'ūn

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

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَمَتَٰعٗا لِّلۡمُقۡوِينَ ٧٣

Nahnu ja'alnāhā tadhkiratan wamatā'al lil-muqwīn

We have made it a reminder¹⁶¹⁶ and provision for the travelers,¹⁶¹⁷

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٤

Fasabbih bismi rabbikal-'azīm

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

۞ فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ٧٥

Falā uqsimu bimawāqi'in-nujūm

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,¹⁶¹⁸

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٞ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ٧٦

Wa innahū laqasamul law ta'lamūna 'azīm

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

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانٞ كَرِيمٞ ٧٧

Innahū laqur'ānun karīm

Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

فِي كِتَٰبٖ مَّكۡنُونٖ ٧٨

Fī kitābim maknūn

In a Register well-protected;¹⁶¹⁹.

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ ٧٩

Llā yamassuhū illal-mutahharūn

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

تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٠

Tanzīlum mir rabbil-'ālamīn

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

أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ ٨١

Afabihādhal-hadīthi antum mudhinūn

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٨٢

Wataj'alūna rizqakum annakum tukaddhibūn

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

فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ ٨٣

Falawlā idhā balaghatil-hulqūm

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

وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذٖ تَنظُرُونَ ٨٤

Wa antum hīna'idhin tanzurūn

And you are at that time looking on -

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٨٥

Wanahnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākil lā tubsirūn

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

فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ ٨٦

Falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīn

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

تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٨٧

Tarji'ūnahā in kuntum sādiqīn

Bring it back,¹⁶²⁰ if you should be truthful?

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ٨٨

Fa ammā in kāna minal-muqarrabīn

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

فَرَوۡحٞ وَرَيۡحَانٞ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٖ ٨٩

Farawhun warayhānun wajannatu na'īm

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

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٩٠

Wa ammā in kāna min ashābil-yamīn

And if he was of the companions of the right,

فَسَلَٰمٞ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٩١

Fasalāmul laka min ashābil-yamīn

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

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٩٢

Wa ammā in kāna minal-mukaddhibīnad-dāllīn

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

فَنُزُلٞ مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ ٩٣

Fanuzulum min hamīm

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

وَتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ٩٤

Watasliyatu jahīm

And burning in Hellfire.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٩٥

Inna hādhā lahuwa haqqul-yaqīn

Indeed, this is the true certainty,

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٩٦

Fasabbih bismi rabbikal-'azīm

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