ثُلَّةٌۭ A company thullatun of mina the former (people) l-awalīna
A [large] company of the former peoples
وَقَلِيلٌۭ And a few waqalīlun of mina the later (people) l-ākhirīna
And a few of the later peoples,
عَلَىٰ On ʿalā thrones sururin decorated mawḍūnatin
On thrones woven [with ornament],
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ Reclining muttakiīna on them ʿalayhā facing each other mutaqābilīna
Reclining on them, facing each other.
يَطُوفُ Will circulate yaṭūfu among them ʿalayhim boys wil'dānun immortal mukhalladūna
There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.
بِأَكْوَابٍۢ With vessels bi-akwābin and jugs wa-abārīqa and a cup wakasin from min a flowing stream maʿīnin
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -
لَّا Not lā they will get headache yuṣaddaʿūna therefrom ʿanhā and not walā they will get intoxicated yunzifūna
No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -
وَفَـٰكِهَةٍۢ And fruits wafākihatin of what mimmā they select yatakhayyarūna
And fruit of what they select
وَلَحْمِ And (the) flesh walaḥmi (of) fowls ṭayrin of what mimmā they desire yashtahūna
And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.
وَحُورٌ And fair ones waḥūrun (with) large eyes ʿīnun
And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,
كَأَمْثَـٰلِ Like ka-amthāli pearls l-lu'lu-i well-protected l-maknūni
The likenesses of pearls well-protected,
جَزَآءًۢ A reward jazāan for what bimā they used (to) kānū do yaʿmalūna
As reward for what they used to do.
لَا Not lā they will hear yasmaʿūna therein fīhā vain talk laghwan and not walā sinful (speech) tathīman
They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -
إِلَّا Except illā a saying qīlan Peace salāman Peace salāman
Only a saying [of] peace, peace.