Surah Al-Waqi'ah — The Inevitable

اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ

Iżā waqa‘atil-wāqi‘ah(tu).

When the Occurrence occurs,

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۘ

Laisa liwaq‘atihā kāżibah(tun).

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

Khāfiḍatur rāfi‘ah(tun).

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

اِذَا رُجَّتِ الْاَرْضُ رَجًّاۙ

Iżā rujjatil-arḍu rajjā(n).

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

وَّبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّاۙ

Wa bussatil-jibālu bassā(n).

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

فَكَانَتْ هَبَاۤءً مُّنْۢبَثًّاۙ

Fa kānat habā'am mumbaṡṡā(n).

And become dust dispersing,

وَّكُنْتُمْ اَزْوَاجًا ثَلٰثَةً ۗ

Wa kuntum azwājan ṡalāṡah(tan).

And you become [of] three kinds:

فَاَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ۗ

Fa aṣḥābul-maimanah(ti), mā aṣḥābul-maimanah(ti).

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

وَاَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۗ

Wa aṣḥābul-masy'amah(ti), mā aṣḥābul-masy'amah(ti).

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

وَالسّٰبِقُوْنَ السّٰبِقُوْنَۙ

Was-sābiqūnas-sābiqūn(a).

And the forerunners, the forerunners -

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَۚ

Ulā'ikal-muqarrabūn(a).

Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

فِيْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِ

Fī jannātin-na‘īm(i).

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ

Ṡullatum minal-awwalīn(a).

A [large] company of the former peoples

وَقَلِيْلٌ مِّنَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَۗ

Wa qalīlum minal-ākhirīn(a).

And a few of the later peoples,

عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُوْنَةٍۙ

‘Alā sururim mauḍūnah(tin).

On thrones woven [with ornament],

مُّتَّكِـِٕيْنَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقٰبِلِيْنَ

Muttaki'īna ‘alaihā mutaqābilīn(a).

Reclining on them, facing each other.

يَطُوْفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُوْنَۙ

Yaṭūfu ‘alaihim wildānum mukhalladūn(a).

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.

بِاَكْوَابٍ وَّاَبَارِيْقَۙ وَكَأْسٍ مِّنْ مَّعِيْنٍۙ

Bi'akwābiw wa abārīq(a), wa ka'sim mim ma‘īn(in).

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

لَّا يُصَدَّعُوْنَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنْزِفُوْنَۙ

Lā yuṣadda‘ūna ‘anhā wa lā yunzifūn(a).

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

وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُوْنَۙ

Wa fākihatim mimmā yatakhayyarūn(a).

And fruit of what they select

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُوْنَۗ

Wa laḥmi ṭairim mimmā yasytahūn(a).

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

وَحُوْرٌ عِيْنٌۙ

Wa ḥūrun ‘īn(un).

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

كَاَمْثَالِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الْمَكْنُوْنِۚ

Ka'amṡālil-lu'lu'il-maknūn(i).

The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

جَزَاۤءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ

Jazā'am bimā kānū ya‘malūn(a).

As reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ فِيْهَا لَغْوًا وَّلَا تَأْثِيْمًاۙ

Lā yasma‘ūna fīhā lagwaw wa lā ta'ṡīmā(n).

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

اِلَّا قِيْلًا سَلٰمًا سَلٰمًا

Illā qīlan salāman salāmā(n).

Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

وَاَصْحٰبُ الْيَمِيْنِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْيَمِيْنِۗ

Wa aṣḥābul-yamīn(i), mā aṣḥābul-yamīn(i).

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

فِيْ سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُوْدٍۙ

Fī sidrim makhḍūd(in).

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

وَّطَلْحٍ مَّنْضُوْدٍۙ

Wa ṭalḥim manḍūd(in).

And [banana] trees layered [with fruit].

وَّظِلٍّ مَّمْدُوْدٍۙ

Wa ẓillim mamdūd(in).

And shade extended.

وَّمَاۤءٍ مَّسْكُوْبٍۙ

Wa mā'im maskūb(in).

And water poured out

وَّفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيْرَةٍۙ

Wa fākihatin kaṡīrah(tin).

And fruit, abundant [and varied],

لَّا مَقْطُوْعَةٍ وَّلَا مَمْنُوْعَةٍۙ

Lā maqṭū‘atiw wa lā mamnū‘ah(tin).

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

وَّفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوْعَةٍۗ

Wa furusyim marfū‘ah(tin).

And [upon] beds raised high.

اِنَّآ اَنْشَأْنٰهُنَّ اِنْشَاۤءًۙ

Innā ansya'nāhunna insyā'ā(n).

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

فَجَعَلْنٰهُنَّ اَبْكَارًاۙ

Faja‘alnāhunna abkārā(n).

And made them virgins,

عُرُبًا اَتْرَابًاۙ

‘Uruban atrābā(n).

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

لِّاَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۗ

Li'aṣḥābil-yamīn(i).

For the companions of the right [who are]

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ

Ṡullatum minal-awwalīn(a).

A company of the former peoples

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَۗ ࣖ

Wa ṡullatum minal-ākhirīn(a).

And a company of the later peoples.

وَاَصْحٰبُ الشِّمَالِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الشِّمَالِۗ

Wa aṣḥābusy-syimāl(i), mā aṣḥābusy-syimāl(i).

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

فِيْ سَمُوْمٍ وَّحَمِيْمٍۙ

Fī samūmiw wa ḥamīm(in).

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

وَّظِلٍّ مِّنْ يَّحْمُوْمٍۙ

Wa ẓillim miy yaḥmūm(in).

And a shade of black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَّلَا كَرِيْمٍ

Lā bāridiw wa lā karīm(in).

Neither cool nor beneficial.

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِيْنَۚ

Innahum kānū qabla żālika mutrafīn(a).

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

وَكَانُوْا يُصِرُّوْنَ عَلَى الْحِنْثِ الْعَظِيْمِۚ

Wa kānū yuṣirrūna ‘alal-ḥinṡil-‘aẓīm(i).

And they used to persist in the great violation,

وَكَانُوْا يَقُوْلُوْنَ ەۙ اَىِٕذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَۙ

Wa kānū yaqūlūn(a), a'iżā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ‘iẓāman a'innā lamab‘ūṡūn(a).

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

اَوَاٰبَاۤؤُنَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَ

Awa'ābā'unal-awwalūn(a).

And our forefathers [as well]?"

قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ وَالْاٰخِرِيْنَۙ

Qul innal-awwalīna wal-ākhirīn(a).

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

لَمَجْمُوْعُوْنَۙ اِلٰى مِيْقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ

Lamajmū‘ūn(a), ilā mīqāti yaumim ma‘lūm(in).

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

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ اَيُّهَا الضَّاۤ لُّوْنَ الْمُكَذِّبُوْنَۙ

Ṡumma innakum ayyuhaḍ-ḍāllūnal-mukażżibūn(a).

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

لَاٰكِلُوْنَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِّنْ زَقُّوْمٍۙ

La'ākilūna min syajarim min zaqqūm(in).

Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

فَمَالِـُٔوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُوْنَۚ

Fa māli'ūna minhal-buṭūn(a).

And filling with it your bellies

فَشٰرِبُوْنَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيْمِۚ

Fasyāribūna ‘alaihi minal-ḥamīm(i).

And drinking on top of it from scalding water.

فَشٰرِبُوْنَ شُرْبَ الْهِيْمِۗ

Fa syāribūna syurbal-hīm(i).

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

هٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّيْنِۗ

Hāżā nuzuluhum yaumad-dīn(i).

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُوْنَ

Naḥnu khalaqnākum falau lā tuṣaddiqūn(a).

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

اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تُمْنُوْنَۗ

Afa ra'aitum mā tumnūn(a).

Have you seen that which you emit?

ءَاَنْتُمْ تَخْلُقُوْنَهٗٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْخٰلِقُوْنَ

A'antum takhluqūnahū am naḥnul-khāliqūn(a).

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

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوْقِيْنَۙ

Naḥnu qaddarnā bainakumul-mauta wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn(a).

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

عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُّبَدِّلَ اَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنْشِئَكُمْ فِيْ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ

‘Alā an nubaddila amṡālakum wa nunsyi'akum fī mā lā ta‘lamūn(a).

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

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُوْلٰى فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ

Wa laqad ‘alimtumun-nasy'atal-ūlā falau lā tażakkarūn(a).

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

اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تَحْرُثُوْنَۗ

Afara'aitum mā taḥruṡūn(a).

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

ءَاَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُوْنَهٗٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الزّٰرِعُوْنَ

A'antum tazra‘ūnahū am naḥnuz-zāri‘ūn(a).

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

لَوْ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلْنٰهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُوْنَۙ

Lau nasyā'u laja‘alnāhu ḥuṭāman fa ẓaltum tafakkahūn(a).

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

اِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُوْنَۙ

Innā lamugramūn(a).

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

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُوْمُوْنَ

Bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn(a).

Rather, we have been deprived."

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ الْمَاۤءَ الَّذِيْ تَشْرَبُوْنَۗ

Afa ra'aitumul-mā'al-lażī tasyrabūn(a).

And have you seen the water that you drink?

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْزَلْتُمُوْهُ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْزِلُوْنَ

A'antum anzaltumūhu minal-muzni am naḥnul-munzilūn(a).

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

لَوْ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلْنٰهُ اُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُوْنَ

Lau nasyā'u ja‘alnāhu ujājan falau lā tasykurūn(a).

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

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ النَّارَ الَّتِيْ تُوْرُوْنَۗ

Afa ra'aitumun-nāral-latī tūrūn(a).

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْشِـُٔوْنَ

A'antum ansya'tum syajaratahā am naḥnul-munsyi'ūn(a).

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

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَّمَتَاعًا لِّلْمُقْوِيْنَۚ

Naḥnu ja‘alnāhā tażkirataw wa matā‘al lil-muqwīn(a).

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

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ࣖ

Fa sabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-‘aẓīm(i).

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

۞ فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِمَوٰقِعِ النُّجُوْمِ

Falā uqsimu bimawāqi‘in-nujūm(i).

Then I swear by the setting of the stars,

وَاِنَّهٗ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عَظِيْمٌۙ

Wa innahū laqasamul lau ta‘lamūna ‘aẓīm(un).

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

اِنَّهٗ لَقُرْاٰنٌ كَرِيْمٌۙ

Innahū laqur'ānun karīm(un).

Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

فِيْ كِتٰبٍ مَّكْنُوْنٍۙ

Fī kitābim maknūn(in).

In a Register well-protected;.

لَّا يَمَسُّهٗٓ اِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُوْنَۗ

Lā yamassuhū illal-muṭahharūn(a).

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

تَنْزِيْلٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

Tanzīlum mir rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).

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

اَفَبِهٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ اَنْتُمْ مُّدْهِنُوْنَۙ

Afa biḥāżal-ḥadīṡi antum mudhinūn(a).

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

وَتَجْعَلُوْنَ رِزْقَكُمْ اَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ

Wa taj‘alūna rizqakum annakum tukażżibūn(a).

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

فَلَوْلَآ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُوْمَۙ

Falau lā iżā balagatil-ḥulqūm(a).

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

وَاَنْتُمْ حِيْنَىِٕذٍ تَنْظُرُوْنَۙ

Wa antum ḥīna'iżin tanẓurūn(a).

And you are at that time looking on -

وَنَحْنُ اَقْرَبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ لَّا تُبْصِرُوْنَ

Wa naḥnu aqrabu ilaihi minkum wa lākil lā tubṣirūn(a).

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

فَلَوْلَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِيْنِيْنَۙ

Falau lā in kuntum gaira madīnīn(a).

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

تَرْجِعُوْنَهَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

Tarji‘ūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīn(a).

Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

فَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَۙ

Fa ammā in kāna minal-muqarrabīn(a).

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

فَرَوْحٌ وَّرَيْحَانٌ ەۙ وَّجَنَّتُ نَعِيْمٍ

Fa rauḥuw wa raiḥān(un), wa jannatu na‘īm(in).

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

وَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۙ

Wa ammā in kāna min aṣḥābil-yamīn(i).

And if he was of the companions of the right,

فَسَلٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۗ

Fa salāmul laka min aṣḥābil-yamīn(i).

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

وَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ الضَّاۤلِّيْنَۙ

Wa ammā in kāna minal-mukażżibīnaḍ-ḍāllīn(a).

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

فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيْمٍۙ

Fa nuzulum min ḥamīm(in).

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

وَّتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيْمٍ

Wa taṣliyatu jaḥīm(in).

And burning in Hellfire.

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الْيَقِيْنِۚ

Inna hāżā lahuwal-ḥaqqul-yaqīn(i).

Indeed, this is the true certainty,

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ࣖ

Fa sabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-‘aẓīm(i).

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