بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ﴿1﴾
Muhammad Asad
WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass,
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لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ﴿2﴾
Muhammad Asad
there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass,
خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ ﴿3﴾
Muhammad Asad
abasing [some], exalting [others]!
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا ﴿4﴾
Muhammad Asad
When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe],
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا ﴿5﴾
Muhammad Asad
and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards,
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا ﴿6﴾
Muhammad Asad
so that they become as scattered dust –
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ ﴿7﴾
Muhammad Asad
[on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds.
فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿8﴾
Muhammad Asad
Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how [happy] will be they who have attained to what is right!
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿9﴾
Muhammad Asad
And there shall be such as will have lost themselves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil!
وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ﴿10﴾
Muhammad Asad
But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]:
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿11﴾
Muhammad Asad
they who were [always] drawn close unto God!
فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿12﴾
Muhammad Asad
In gardens of bliss [will they dwell] -
ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿13﴾
Muhammad Asad
a good many of those of olden times,
وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ﴿14﴾
Muhammad Asad
but [only] a few of later times.
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ ﴿15﴾
Muhammad Asad
[They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness,
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ ﴿16﴾
Muhammad Asad
reclining upon them, facing one another [in love].
يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ﴿17﴾
Muhammad Asad
Immortal youths will wait upon them
بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ ﴿18﴾
Muhammad Asad
with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs
لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ﴿19﴾
Muhammad Asad
by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk;
وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿20﴾
Muhammad Asad
and with fruit of any kind that they may choose,
وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿21﴾
Muhammad Asad
and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire.
وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ ﴿22﴾
Muhammad Asad
And [with them will be their] companions pure, most beautiful of eye,
كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ ﴿23﴾
Muhammad Asad
like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells.
جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿24﴾
Muhammad Asad
[And this will be] a reward for what they did [in life].
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا ﴿25﴾
Muhammad Asad
No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin,
إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا ﴿26﴾
Muhammad Asad
but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace.
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿27﴾
Muhammad Asad
NOW AS FOR those who have attained to righteousness - what of those who have attained to righteousness?
فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ ﴿28﴾
Muhammad Asad
[They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit- laden lote-trees,
وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ ﴿29﴾
Muhammad Asad
and acacias flower-clad,
وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ ﴿30﴾
Muhammad Asad
and shade extended,
وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ ﴿31﴾
Muhammad Asad
and waters gushing,
وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ ﴿32﴾
Muhammad Asad
and fruit abounding,
لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ ﴿33﴾
Muhammad Asad
never-failing and never out of reach.
وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ ﴿34﴾
Muhammad Asad
And [with them will be their] spouses, raised high:
إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ ﴿35﴾
Muhammad Asad
for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed,
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا ﴿36﴾
Muhammad Asad
having resurrected them as virgins,
عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا ﴿37﴾
Muhammad Asad
full of love, well-matched
لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿38﴾
Muhammad Asad
with those who have attained to righteousness:
ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿39﴾
Muhammad Asad
a good many of olden times,
وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ﴿40﴾
Muhammad Asad
and a good many of later times.
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ﴿41﴾
Muhammad Asad
BUT AS FOR those who have persevered in evil - what of those who have persevered in evil?
فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ ﴿42﴾
Muhammad Asad
[They will find themselves] in the midst of scorching winds, and burning despair,
وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ ﴿43﴾
Muhammad Asad
and the shadows of black smoke -
لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ﴿44﴾
Muhammad Asad
[shadows] neither cooling nor soothing.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ﴿45﴾
Muhammad Asad
For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures,
وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿46﴾
Muhammad Asad
and would persist in heinous sinning,
وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ﴿47﴾
Muhammad Asad
and would say, “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? -
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿48﴾
Muhammad Asad
and perhaps, too, our forebears of old?”
قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ﴿49﴾
Muhammad Asad
Say: “Verily, those of olden times and those of later times
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ﴿50﴾
Muhammad Asad
will indeed be gathered together at an appointed time on a Day known [only to God]:
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿51﴾
Muhammad Asad
and then, verily, O you who have gone astray and called the truth a lie,
لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ ﴿52﴾
Muhammad Asad
you will indeed have to taste of the tree of deadly fruit,
فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ﴿53﴾
Muhammad Asad
and will have to fill your bellies therewith,
فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿54﴾
Muhammad Asad
and will thereupon have to drink [many a draught] of burning despair -
فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ ﴿55﴾
Muhammad Asad
drink it as the most insatiably thirsty camels drink!”
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿56﴾
Muhammad Asad
Such will be their welcome on Judgment Day!
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ﴿57﴾
Muhammad Asad
WE who have created you, [O men:] why, then, do you not accept the truth?
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ ﴿58﴾
Muhammad Asad
Have you ever considered that [seed] which you emit?
ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ ﴿59﴾
Muhammad Asad
Is it you who create it - or are We the source of its creation?
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿60﴾
Muhammad Asad
We have [indeed] decreed that death shall be [ever-present] among you: but there is nothing to prevent Us
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿61﴾
Muhammad Asad
from changing the nature of your existence and bringing you into being [anew] in a manner [as yet] unknown to you.
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿62﴾
Muhammad Asad
And [since] you are indeed aware of the [miracle of your] coming into being in the first instance - why, then, do you not bethink yourselves [of Us]?
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ﴿63﴾
Muhammad Asad
Have you ever considered the seed which you cast upon the soil?
ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ﴿64﴾
Muhammad Asad
Is it you who cause it to grow - or are We the cause of its growth?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ﴿65﴾
Muhammad Asad
[For,] were it Our will, We could indeed turn it into chaff, and you would be left to wonder [and to lament],
إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ ﴿66﴾
Muhammad Asad
“Verily, we are ruined!
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿67﴾
Muhammad Asad
Nay, but we have been deprived [of our livelihood]!”
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ ﴿68﴾
Muhammad Asad
Have you ever considered the water which you drink?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ ﴿69﴾
Muhammad Asad
Is it you who cause it to come down from the clouds - or are We the cause of its coming down?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿70﴾
Muhammad Asad
[It comes down sweet - but] were it Our will, We could make it burningly salty and bitter: why, then, do you not give thanks [unto Us]?
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ ﴿71﴾
Muhammad Asad
Have you ever considered the fire which you kindle?
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ ﴿72﴾
Muhammad Asad
Is it you who have brought into being the tree that serves as its fuel - or are We the cause of its coming into being?
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ﴿73﴾
Muhammad Asad
It is We who have made it a means to remind [you of Us], and a comfort for all who are lost and hungry in the wilderness [of their lives].
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿74﴾
Muhammad Asad
Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sustainer’s mighty name!
۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿75﴾
Muhammad Asad
NAY, I call to witness the coming-down in parts [of this Qur’an]
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ﴿76﴾
Muhammad Asad
and, behold, this is indeed a most solemn affirmation, if you but knew it!
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ ﴿77﴾
Muhammad Asad
Behold, it is a truly noble discourse,
فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ ﴿78﴾
Muhammad Asad
[conveyed unto man] in a well-guarded divine writ
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ ﴿79﴾
Muhammad Asad
which none but the pure [of heart] can touch:
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿80﴾
Muhammad Asad
a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds!
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ ﴿81﴾
Muhammad Asad
Would you, now, look down with disdain on a tiding like this,
وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿82﴾
Muhammad Asad
and make it your daily bread [as it were] to call the truth a lie?
فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ ﴿83﴾
Muhammad Asad
Why, then, when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man],
وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿84﴾
Muhammad Asad
the while you are [helplessly] looking on -
وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿85﴾
Muhammad Asad
and while We are closer to him than you, although you see [Us] not -:
فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ ﴿86﴾
Muhammad Asad
why, then, if [you think that] you are not truly dependent [on Us],
تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿87﴾
Muhammad Asad
can you not cause that [ebbing life] to return - if what you claim is true?
فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ﴿88﴾
Muhammad Asad
[ALL OF YOU are destined to die.] Now if one happens to be of those who are drawn close unto God,
فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿89﴾
Muhammad Asad
happiness [awaits him in the life to come], and inner fulfillment, and a garden of bliss.
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿90﴾
Muhammad Asad
And if one happens to be of those who have attained to righteousness,
فَسَلَٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿91﴾
Muhammad Asad
[he, too, will be welcomed into paradise with the words,] “Peace be unto thee [that art] of those who have attained to righteousness!”
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿92﴾
Muhammad Asad
But if one happens to be of those who are wont to call the truth a lie, and [thus] go astray,
فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ ﴿93﴾
Muhammad Asad
a welcome of burning despair [awaits him in the life to come,]
وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ﴿94﴾
Muhammad Asad
and the heat of a blazing fire!
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿95﴾
Muhammad Asad
Verily, this is indeed the truth of truths!
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿96﴾
Muhammad Asad
Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sustainer’s mighty name!