Al-Wāqi`ah
The Inevitable
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الواقعة
إِذَا When idhā occurs waqaʿati the Event l-wāqiʿatu
When the Occurrence occurs,
لَيْسَ Not laysa at its occurrence liwaqʿatihā a denial kādhibatun
There is, at its occurrence, no denial.
خَافِضَةٌۭ Bringing down khāfiḍatun raising up rāfiʿatun
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].
إِذَا When idhā will be shaken rujjati the earth l-arḍu (with) a shaking rajjan
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
وَبُسَّتِ And will be crumbled wabussati the mountains l-jibālu (with awful) crumbling bassan
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
فَكَانَتْ So they become fakānat dust particles habāan dispersing munbathan
And become dust dispersing,
وَكُنتُمْ And you will become wakuntum kinds azwājan three thalāthatan
And you become [of] three kinds:
فَأَصْحَـٰبُ Then (the) companions fa-aṣḥābu (of) the right l-maymanati what mā (are the) companions aṣḥābu (of) the right l-maymanati
Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ And (the) companions wa-aṣḥābu (of) the left l-mashamati what mā (are the) companions aṣḥābu (of) the left l-mashamati
And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?
وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ And the foremost wal-sābiqūna (are) the foremost l-sābiqūna
And the forerunners, the forerunners -
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those ulāika (are) the nearest ones l-muqarabūna
Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]
فِى In fī Gardens jannāti (of) Pleasure l-naʿīmi
In the Gardens of Pleasure,