هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى الْإِنسَانِ حِينٌ مِّنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْئًا مَّذْكُورًا ١

Has there come on man a while of time when he was a thing unremembered?

إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا ٢

We created man of a sperm-drop, a mingling, and We made him hearing, seeing.

إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا ٣

Surely We guided him upon the way whether he be thankful or unthankful.

إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ سَلَاسِلَ وَأَغْلَالًا وَسَعِيرًا ٤

Surely We have prepared for the unbelievers chains, fetters, and a Blaze.

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ يَشْرَبُونَ مِن كَأْسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا ٥

Surely the pious shall drink of a cup whose mixture is camphor,

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ اللَّهِ يُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفْجِيرًا ٦

a fountain whereat drink the servants of God, making it to gush forth plenteously.

يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًا ٧

They fulfil their vows, and fear a day whose evil is upon the wing;

وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا ٨

they give food, for the love of Him, to the needy, the orphan, the captive:

إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا ٩

’We feed you only for the Face of God; we desire no recompense from you, no thankfulness;

إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا ١٠

for we fear from our Lord a frowning day, inauspicious.

فَوَقَاهُمُ اللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَلَقَّاهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَسُرُورًا ١١

So God has guarded them from the evil of that day, and has procured them radiancy and gladness,

وَجَزَاهُم بِمَا صَبَرُوا جَنَّةً وَحَرِيرًا ١٢

and recompensed them for their patience with a Garden, and silk;

مُّتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ ۖ لَا يَرَوْنَ فِيهَا شَمْسًا وَلَا زَمْهَرِيرًا ١٣

therein they shall recline upon couches, therein they shall see neither sun nor bitter cold;

وَدَانِيَةً عَلَيْهِمْ ظِلَالُهَا وَذُلِّلَتْ قُطُوفُهَا تَذْلِيلًا ١٤

near them shall be its shades, and its clusters hung meekly down,

وَيُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِآنِيَةٍ مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ كَانَتْ قَوَارِيرَا ١٥

and there shall be passed around them vessels of silver, and goblets of crystal,

قَوَارِيرَ مِن فِضَّةٍ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقْدِيرًا ١٦

crystal of silver that they have measured -- very exactly.

وَيُسْقَوْنَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنجَبِيلًا ١٧

And therein they shall be given to drink a cup whose mixture is ginger,

عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا ١٨

therein a fountain whose name is called Salsabil.

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ حَسِبْتَهُمْ لُؤْلُؤًا مَّنثُورًا ١٩

Immortal youths shall go about them; when thou seest them, thou supposest them scattered pearls,

وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ثَمَّ رَأَيْتَ نَعِيمًا وَمُلْكًا كَبِيرًا ٢٠

when thou seest them then thou seest bliss and a great kingdom.