The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming — Hamid S Aziz Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Three Classes of Men

۞ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١

When the Inevitable Event comes to pass

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

لَیۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۝٢

There is no denying that it will come

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatu

خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ ۝٣

Abasing some, exalting others

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatu

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجࣰّا ۝٤

When the earth shall be shaken to its foundations

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajja

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّا ۝٥

And the mountains shall be crumbled

wabussati l-jibālu bassa

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَاۤءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّا ۝٦

So that they shall be as scattered dust

fakānat habāan munbatha

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا ثَلَـٰثَةࣰ ۝٧

And you shall be sorted into three classes

wakuntum azwājan thalāthata

فَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ ۝٨

First the companions of the right hand - what will be the companions of the right hand

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanat

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ ۝٩

And then the companions of the left hand - what will be the companions of the left hand

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamat

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ۝١٠

And those foremost (in faith) will be the foremost (in the Hereafter)

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūn

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝١١

These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah)

ulāika l-muqarabūn

فِی جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ۝١٢

In the Gardens of Bliss

fī jannāti l-naʿīm

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٣

A multitude of those of old

thullatun mina l-awalīn

وَقَلِیلࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٤

And a few of those of later times

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīn

عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّوۡضُونَةࣲ ۝١٥

On thrones decorated

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīn

مُّتَّكِءِینَ عَلَیۡهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ۝١٦

Reclining on them, facing one another

Muttaki-eena AAalayha mutaqabileena

یَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ۝١٧

Round about them shall serve youths of permanent freshness (immortal or never altering in age)

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūn

بِأَكۡوَابࣲ وَأَبَارِیقَ وَكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِینࣲ ۝١٨

With goblets and ewers and a cup filled from a pure fountain

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīni

لَّا یُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا یُنزِفُونَ ۝١٩

They shall not suffer with headache thereby, nor shall they get intoxicated (or exhausted)

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūn

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ مِّمَّا یَتَخَیَّرُونَ ۝٢٠

And fruits such as they choose

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūn

وَلَحۡمِ طَیۡرࣲ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٢١

And the flesh of fowl and any as they desire

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūn

وَحُورٌ عِینࣱ ۝٢٢

And pure, beautiful companions

waḥūrun ʿīnu

كَأَمۡثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ ۝٢٣

The like of the well-preserved pearls

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūn

جَزَاۤءَۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٢٤

A reward for what they used to do

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

لَا یَسۡمَعُونَ فِیهَا لَغۡوࣰا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمًا ۝٢٥

They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīma

إِلَّا قِیلࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا ۝٢٦

Except the saying, "Peace! Peace!"

illā qīlan salāman salāma

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٢٧

And the companions of the right hand; what of the companions of the Right Hand

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīn

فِی سِدۡرࣲ مَّخۡضُودࣲ ۝٢٨

Amid thornless Lote-trees

fī sid'rin makhḍūdi

وَطَلۡحࣲ مَّنضُودࣲ ۝٢٩

And tall trees with clusters of flowers (or fruits) one above another

waṭalḥin manḍūdi

وَظِلࣲّ مَّمۡدُودࣲ ۝٣٠

And spreading shade

waẓillin mamdūdi

وَمَاۤءࣲ مَّسۡكُوبࣲ ۝٣١

And water flowing constantly

wamāin maskūbi

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِیرَةࣲ ۝٣٢

And abundant fruit

wafākihatin kathīrati

لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةࣲ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةࣲ ۝٣٣

Neither intercepted nor forbidden

lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿati

وَفُرُشࣲ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ ۝٣٤

And exalted thrones

wafurushin marfūʿati

إِنَّاۤ أَنشَأۡنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَاۤءࣰ ۝٣٥

Surely We have created them into a new creation

innā anshanāhunna inshāa

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا ۝٣٦

And made them virgins pure

fajaʿalnāhunna abkāra

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابࣰا ۝٣٧

Loving friends, equals in age

li-aṣḥābi l-yamīn

لِّأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٣٨

For the sake of the companions of the right hand

Li-as-habi alyameeni

2 The Guilty

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٩

A multitude of those of old

thullatun mina l-awalīn

وَثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٤٠

And a multitude of those of later times

wathullatun mina l-ākhirīn

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۝٤١

And those of the left hand; what of those of the Left Hand

wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāl

فِی سَمُومࣲ وَحَمِیمࣲ ۝٤٢

In hot wind and boiling water

fī samūmin waḥamīmi

وَظِلࣲّ مِّن یَحۡمُومࣲ ۝٤٣

And the shade of black smoke

waẓillin min yaḥmūmi

لَّا بَارِدࣲ وَلَا كَرِیمٍ ۝٤٤

Neither cool nor honourable

lā bāridin walā karīmi

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَبۡلَ ذَ ٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِینَ ۝٤٥

Surely they were before this made to live in ease and plenty

innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīn

وَكَانُوا۟ یُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٤٦

And they persisted in the great violation (or great sin)

wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīm

وَكَانُوا۟ یَقُولُونَ أَىِٕذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ۝٤٧

And they used to say, "What! When we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised

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

أَوَ ءَابَاۤؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ۝٤٨

"Or our fathers of yore?"

awaābāunā l-awalūn

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ وَٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٤٩

Say, "The first and the last

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīn

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِیقَـٰتِ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٥٠

"Shall most surely be gathered together for the appointed hour of a known day

lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmi

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٥١

"Then shall you, O you who err and call it a lie

thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūn

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرࣲ مِّن زَقُّومࣲ ۝٥٢

"Most surely eat of a tree of Zaqqum

laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmi

فَمَالِءُونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ۝٥٣

"And fill your bellies therewith

famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūn

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَیۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٥٤

"Then drink over it boiling water

fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīm

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِیمِ ۝٥٥

"And drink as drinks the thirsty camel."

fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīm

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٥٦

This is their entertainment on the Day of Requital

hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīn

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ۝٥٧

We have created you, why do you not then assent

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūn

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ ۝٥٨

Have you considered the seed (or what you emit)

afara-aytum mā tum'nūn

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٥٩

Is it you that create it or are We the creators

a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūn

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَیۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ ۝٦٠

We have ordained death among you and We are not to be frustrated

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīn

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَـٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِی مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٦١

That We may transfigure you and make you grow into what you know not

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

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٦٢

And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then reflect

Walaqad AAalimtumu alnnash-ata al-oola falawla tathakkaroona

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ ۝٦٣

Have you considered what you sow

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūn

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّ ٰرِعُونَ ۝٦٤

Is it you that cause it to grow, or are We the cause

a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūn

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمࣰا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ ۝٦٥

If We willed, We could crumble it to powder, then would you lament

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūn

إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ ۝٦٦

"Surely we are burdened with debt

innā lamugh'ramūn

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ۝٦٧

"Nay! We are deprived."

bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَاۤءَ ٱلَّذِی تَشۡرَبُونَ ۝٦٨

Have you considered the water which you drink

afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūn

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ ۝٦٩

Is it you that send it down from the clouds, or are We the senders

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

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهُ أُجَاجࣰا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ ۝٧٠

If We willed, We could have made it salty; why do you not then give thanks

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūn

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِی تُورُونَ ۝٧١

Have you considered the fire which you strike

afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūn

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَاۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِءُونَ ۝٧٢

Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the producers

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūn

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَمَتَـٰعࣰا لِّلۡمُقۡوِینَ ۝٧٣

We have made it a reminder and a convenience for the dwellers of the deserts

naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīn

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٧٤

Therefore, glorify the name of your Lord, the Supreme

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

3 Judgment is Inevitable

۞ فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَ ٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٧٥

But nay! I swear by the setting (or falling or fading) of stars

falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūm

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمࣱ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِیمٌ ۝٧٦

And most surely it is a very great oath if you only knew

wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmu

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانࣱ كَرِیمࣱ ۝٧٧

Most surely it is an honoured Quran

innahu laqur'ānun karīmu

فِی كِتَـٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ ۝٧٨

In a book that is protected

fī kitābin maknūni

لَّا یَمَسُّهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ ۝٧٩

None shall touch it save the purified ones

lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūn

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٨٠

A revelation by the Lord of the worlds

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ ۝٨١

Do you then hold this announcement in contempt

afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūn

وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٨٢

And make denial of it your means of subsistence

watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūn

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ ۝٨٣

Why then do you not (intervene) when the soul comes up to the throat (of a dying person)

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūm

وَأَنتُمۡ حِینَىِٕذࣲ تَنظُرُونَ ۝٨٤

And you the while look on

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūn

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَیۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٨٥

And We are nearer to it (the soul) than you, but you see not

wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūn

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَیۡرَ مَدِینِینَ ۝٨٦

Then why, if you are not under Our authority

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīn

تَرۡجِعُونَهَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٨٧

Force back (the soul), if you are truthful (about your independence)

tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīn

فَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِینَ ۝٨٨

Then if he is one of those Near to Allah

fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīn

فَرَوۡحࣱ وَرَیۡحَانࣱ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِیمࣲ ۝٨٩

(There is for him) Satisfaction and Bounty and a Garden of Bliss

farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmi

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٩٠

And if he is one of those on the Right Hand

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

فَسَلَـٰمࣱ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٩١

Then (the salutation) "Peace to you" from the companions of the Right Hand

fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ۝٩٢

And if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones

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

فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِیمࣲ ۝٩٣

He shall have an entertainment of boiling water

fanuzulun min ḥamīmi

وَتَصۡلِیَةُ جَحِیمٍ ۝٩٤

And burning in Hell

wataṣliyatu jaḥīmi

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٩٥

Most surely this is a certain truth (or the Truth of Certainty)

inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīn

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٩٦

Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Supreme

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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