The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming — Abdul Majid Daryabadi Translation

56:1

۞ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

When there happeneth Event

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

56:2

لَیۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۝٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

There is about its happening no lie

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatu

56:3

خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ ۝٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Abasing exalting

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatu

56:4

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجࣰّا ۝٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

This will happen when the earth is shaken, shake

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajja

56:5

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّا ۝٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled

wabussati l-jibālu bassa

56:6

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَاۤءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّا ۝٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

So that they become dust seattered

fakānat habāan munbatha

56:7

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا ثَلَـٰثَةࣰ ۝٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And ye are classes three

wakuntum azwājan thalāthata

56:8

فَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ ۝٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Those on the right hand; how happy shall those on the right hand be

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanat

56:9

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ ۝٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And those on the left hand; how miserable shall those on the left hand be

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamat

56:10

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ۝١٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the preceders are the pre-ceders

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūn

56:11

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝١١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Those! they shall be the brought nigh

ulāika l-muqarabūn

56:12

فِی جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ۝١٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

In Gardens of Delight

fī jannāti l-naʿīm

56:13

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

A multitude from the ancients

thullatun mina l-awalīn

56:14

وَقَلِیلࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And a few from the later generations

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīn

56:15

عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّوۡضُونَةࣲ ۝١٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

On couches in wrought with gold

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīn

56:16

مُّتَّكِءِینَ عَلَیۡهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ۝١٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Reclining thereon facing each other

Muttaki-eena AAalayha mutaqabileena

56:17

یَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ۝١٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

There shall go round Unto them youths ever-young

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūn

56:18

بِأَكۡوَابࣲ وَأَبَارِیقَ وَكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِینࣲ ۝١٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīni

56:19

لَّا یُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا یُنزِفُونَ ۝١٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Whereby there shall be neither headiness nor will they be inebriated

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūn

56:20

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ مِّمَّا یَتَخَیَّرُونَ ۝٢٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And with fruit from that which they choose

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūn

56:21

وَلَحۡمِ طَیۡرࣲ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٢١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And with flesh of fowls from that Which they desire

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūn

56:22

وَحُورٌ عِینࣱ ۝٢٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And there will be fair ones large eyed

waḥūrun ʿīnu

56:23

كَأَمۡثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ ۝٢٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

The likes Unto pearls hidden

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūn

56:24

جَزَاۤءَۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٢٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

A recompense for that which they have been working

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

56:25

لَا یَسۡمَعُونَ فِیهَا لَغۡوࣰا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمًا ۝٢٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Therein they hear no vain or sinful discourse

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīma

56:26

إِلَّا قِیلࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا ۝٢٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Nought but the saying: peace! peace

illā qīlan salāman salāma

56:27

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٢٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the fellows on the right hand; how be happy shall the fellows on the right hand be

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīn

56:28

فِی سِدۡرࣲ مَّخۡضُودࣲ ۝٢٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Midst lote-trees thornless

fī sid'rin makhḍūdi

56:29

وَطَلۡحࣲ مَّنضُودࣲ ۝٢٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And plantains laden with fruit

waṭalḥin manḍūdi

56:30

وَظِلࣲّ مَّمۡدُودࣲ ۝٣٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And a shade ever-spread

waẓillin mamdūdi

56:31

وَمَاۤءࣲ مَّسۡكُوبࣲ ۝٣١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And water everflowing

wamāin maskūbi

56:32

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِیرَةࣲ ۝٣٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And fruit abundant

wafākihatin kathīrati

56:33

لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةࣲ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةࣲ ۝٣٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Neither ending nor forbidden

lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿati

56:34

وَفُرُشࣲ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ ۝٣٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And carpets raised

wafurushin marfūʿati

56:35

إِنَّاۤ أَنشَأۡنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَاۤءࣰ ۝٣٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily We! We have created those maidens by a creation

innā anshanāhunna inshāa

56:36

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا ۝٣٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And have made them virgins

fajaʿalnāhunna abkāra

56:37

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابࣰا ۝٣٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Loving, of equal age

li-aṣḥābi l-yamīn

56:38

لِّأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٣٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

For the fellows on the right hand

Li-as-habi alyameeni

56:39

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

A multitude from the ancients

thullatun mina l-awalīn

56:40

وَثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٤٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And a multitude from the later generations

wathullatun mina l-ākhirīn

56:41

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۝٤١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the fellows on the left hand; how miserable Shall the fellows on the left hand be

wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāl

56:42

فِی سَمُومࣲ وَحَمِیمࣲ ۝٤٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Amidst scorching wind and scalding water

fī samūmin waḥamīmi

56:43

وَظِلࣲّ مِّن یَحۡمُومࣲ ۝٤٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the shade of black smoke

waẓillin min yaḥmūmi

56:44

لَّا بَارِدࣲ وَلَا كَرِیمٍ ۝٤٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Neither cool nor pleasant

lā bāridin walā karīmi

56:45

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَبۡلَ ذَ ٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِینَ ۝٤٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily they have been heretofore affluent

innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīn

56:46

وَكَانُوا۟ یُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٤٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And they have been persisting in the heinous offence

wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīm

56:47

وَكَانُوا۟ یَقُولُونَ أَىِٕذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ۝٤٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And they were wont to say: when we have died and become dust and bones, shall we, then, verily be raised

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

56:48

أَوَ ءَابَاۤؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ۝٤٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

We and our fathers of old

awaābāunā l-awalūn

56:49

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ وَٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٤٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Say thou: verily the ancients and those of later generations

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīn

56:50

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِیقَـٰتِ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٥٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Are going to be assembled on the appointed time of a Day Known

lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmi

56:51

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٥١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then verily ye, O ye erring, denying people

thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūn

56:52

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرࣲ مِّن زَقُّومࣲ ۝٥٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Shall surely eat of the tree of Az-Zqqum

laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmi

56:53

فَمَالِءُونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ۝٥٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And shall fill therewith your bellies

famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūn

56:54

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَیۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٥٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And shall be drinkers thereon of boiling water

fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīm

56:55

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِیمِ ۝٥٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Drinkers even as the drinking of thirsty camels

fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīm

56:56

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٥٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

This shall be their entertainment on the Day of Requital

hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīn

56:57

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ۝٥٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

We! it is We Who created you: wherefore confess ye not

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūn

56:58

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ ۝٥٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Behold! - that which ye emit

afara-aytum mā tum'nūn

56:59

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٥٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Create him ye, or are We the Creator

a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūn

56:60

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَیۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ ۝٦٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

We! it is We Who have decreed death Unto you all. And We are not to be outrun

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīn

56:61

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَـٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِی مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٦١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

That We may substitute others like Unto you and produce you into that which ye know not

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

56:62

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٦٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And assuredly ye have fully known the first Production Wherefore heed ye not

Walaqad AAalimtumu alnnash-ata al-oola falawla tathakkaroona

56:63

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ ۝٦٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Behold! - that which ye sow

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūn

56:64

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّ ٰرِعُونَ ۝٦٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Cause it ye to grow, or are We the Grower

a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūn

56:65

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمࣰا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ ۝٦٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

If We willed, surely We would make it chaff, so that ye would be left wondering

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūn

56:66

إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ ۝٦٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily we are undone

innā lamugh'ramūn

56:67

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ۝٦٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Aye! we are deprived

bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn

56:68

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَاۤءَ ٱلَّذِی تَشۡرَبُونَ ۝٦٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Behold! - the water which ye drink

afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūn

56:69

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ ۝٦٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Send it down ye from the raincloud, or are We the Sender down

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

56:70

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهُ أُجَاجࣰا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ ۝٧٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

If We willed, surely We would make it brackish. Wherefore give ye not thanks

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūn

56:71

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِی تُورُونَ ۝٧١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Behold! - the fire which ye strike out

afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūn

56:72

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَاۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِءُونَ ۝٧٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Produce ye the tree thereof, or are We the Producer

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūn

56:73

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَمَتَـٰعࣰا لِّلۡمُقۡوِینَ ۝٧٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

We! it is We Who made it a reminder and a provision Unto the campers

naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīn

56:74

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٧٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Wherefore hallow thou the name of thy Lord, the Mighty

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

56:75

۞ فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَ ٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٧٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

I swear by the setting of the stars

falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūm

56:76

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمࣱ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِیمٌ ۝٧٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And verily that is a mighty oath, if ye but knew

wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmu

56:77

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانࣱ كَرِیمࣱ ۝٧٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

That it is a Recitation honourable

innahu laqur'ānun karīmu

56:78

فِی كِتَـٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ ۝٧٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

In a Book Hidden

fī kitābin maknūni

56:79

لَّا یَمَسُّهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ ۝٧٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Which none can touch except the purified

lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūn

56:80

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٨٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

56:81

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ ۝٨١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Is it this discourse that ye hold lightly

afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūn

56:82

وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٨٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And make it your provision that ye should belie it

watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūn

56:83

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ ۝٨٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Wherefore then - when the soul cometh up to the wind-pipe

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūm

56:84

وَأَنتُمۡ حِینَىِٕذࣲ تَنظُرُونَ ۝٨٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And ye are then looking on

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūn

56:85

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَیۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٨٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We are nigher Unto him than ye are, but ye behold not

wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūn

56:86

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَیۡرَ مَدِینِینَ ۝٨٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Wherefore then, if ye are not to be requite

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīn

56:87

تَرۡجِعُونَهَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٨٧

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Cause ye it not to return, if ye say sooth

tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīn

56:88

فَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِینَ ۝٨٨

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then if he be of the broughtnigh

fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīn

56:89

فَرَوۡحࣱ وَرَیۡحَانࣱ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِیمࣲ ۝٨٩

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

For him shall be comfort, and fragrance and a Garden of Delight

farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmi

56:90

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٩٠

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And if he be of the fellows on the right hand

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

56:91

فَسَلَـٰمࣱ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٩١

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then: peace Unto thee, for thou art of those on the right hand

fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

56:92

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ۝٩٢

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And if he be of the beliers, the erring

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

56:93

فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِیمࣲ ۝٩٣

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then an entertainment of boiling water

fanuzulun min ḥamīmi

56:94

وَتَصۡلِیَةُ جَحِیمٍ ۝٩٤

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And roasting in a Blaze

wataṣliyatu jaḥīmi

56:95

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٩٥

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily this! this is the very truth

inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīn

56:96

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٩٦

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Wherefore hallow thou the name of thy Lord, the Mighty

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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