إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ ١

When the Terror descends

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ٢

(and none denies its descending)

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ ٣

abasing, exalting,

إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا ٤

when the earth shall be rocked

وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا ٥

and the mountains crumbled

فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُّنبَثًّا ٦

and become a dust, scattered,

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ثَلَاثَةً ٧

and you shall be three bands --

فَأَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ٨

Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!)

وَأَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ ٩

Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left!)

وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ ١٠

and the Outstrippers: the Outstrippers

أُولَٰئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ ١١

those are they brought nigh the Throne,

فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ ١٢

in the Gardens of Delight

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

(a throng of the ancients

وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ الْآخِرِينَ ١٤

and how few of the later folk)

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ ١٥

upon close-wrought couches

مُّتَّكِئِينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَابِلِينَ ١٦

reclining upon them, set face to face,

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ١٧

immortal youths going round about them

بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ ١٨

with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a spring

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ١٩

(no brows throbbing, no intoxication)

وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ٢٠

and such fruits as they shall choose,