Surah Al-Waqi'ah in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

Transliteration idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

English When the Occurrence occurs,

1. إِذَاidhāWhen
2. وَقَعَتِwaqaʿatioccurs
3. ٱلْوَاقِعَةُl-wāqiʿatuthe Event

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

Transliteration laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun

English There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

1. لَيْسَlaysaNot
2. لِوَقْعَتِهَاliwaqʿatihāat its occurrence
3. كَاذِبَةٌkādhibatuna denial

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

Transliteration khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

English It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

1. خَافِضَةٌۭkhāfiḍatunBringing down
2. رَّافِعَةٌrāfiʿatunraising up

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا

Transliteration idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

English When the earth is shaken with convulsion

1. إِذَاidhāWhen
2. رُجَّتِrujjatiwill be shaken
3. ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
4. رَجًّۭاrajjan(with) a shaking

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا

Transliteration wabussati l-jibālu bassan

English And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

1. وَبُسَّتِwabussatiAnd will be crumbled
2. ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
3. بَسًّۭاbassan(with awful) crumbling

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا

Transliteration fakānat habāan munbathan

English And become dust dispersing,

1. فَكَانَتْfakānatSo they become
2. هَبَآءًۭhabāandust particles
3. مُّنۢبَثًّۭاmunbathandispersing

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَـٰثَةً

Transliteration wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan

English And you become [of] three kinds:

1. وَكُنتُمْwakuntumAnd you will become
2. أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājankinds
3. ثَلَـٰثَةًۭthalāthatanthree

فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

Transliteration fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati

English Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

1. فَأَصْحَـٰبُfa-aṣḥābuThen (the) companions
2. ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِl-maymanati(of) the right
3. مَآmāwhat
4. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
5. ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِl-maymanati(of) the right

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

Transliteration wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati

English And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?

1. وَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābuAnd (the) companions
2. ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِl-mashamati(of) the left
3. مَآmāwhat
4. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
5. ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِl-mashamati(of) the left

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ

Transliteration wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna

English And the forerunners, the forerunners -

1. وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَwal-sābiqūnaAnd the foremost
2. ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَl-sābiqūna(are) the foremost

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Transliteration ulāika l-muqarabūna

English Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَl-muqarabūna(are) the nearest ones

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Transliteration fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

English In the Gardens of Pleasure,

1. فِىfīIn
2. جَنَّـٰتِjannātiGardens
3. ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) Pleasure

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration thullatun mina l-awalīna

English A [large] company of the former peoples

1. ثُلَّةٌۭthullatunA company
2. مِّنَminaof
3. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former (people)

وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Transliteration waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīna

English And a few of the later peoples,

1. وَقَلِيلٌۭwaqalīlunAnd a few
2. مِّنَminaof
3. ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَl-ākhirīnathe later (people)

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ

Transliteration ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin

English On thrones woven [with ornament],

1. عَلَىٰʿalāOn
2. سُرُرٍۢsururinthrones
3. مَّوْضُونَةٍۢmawḍūnatindecorated

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

Transliteration muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna

English Reclining on them, facing each other.

1. مُّتَّكِـِٔينَmuttakiīnaReclining
2. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāon them
3. مُتَقَـٰبِلِينَmutaqābilīnafacing each other

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

Transliteration yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna

English There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.

1. يَطُوفُyaṭūfuWill circulate
2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimamong them
3. وِلْدَٰنٌۭwil'dānunboys
4. مُّخَلَّدُونَmukhalladūnaimmortal

بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ

Transliteration bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīnin

English With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -

1. بِأَكْوَابٍۢbi-akwābinWith vessels
2. وَأَبَارِيقَwa-abārīqaand jugs
3. وَكَأْسٍۢwakasinand a cup
4. مِّنminfrom
5. مَّعِينٍۢmaʿīnina flowing stream

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

Transliteration lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūna

English No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -

1. لَّاlāNot
2. يُصَدَّعُونَyuṣaddaʿūnathey will get headache
3. عَنْهَاʿanhātherefrom
4. وَلَاwalāand not
5. يُنزِفُونَyunzifūnathey will get intoxicated

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

Transliteration wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūna

English And fruit of what they select

1. وَفَـٰكِهَةٍۢwafākihatinAnd fruits
2. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
3. يَتَخَيَّرُونَyatakhayyarūnathey select

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

Transliteration walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūna

English And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

1. وَلَحْمِwalaḥmiAnd (the) flesh
2. طَيْرٍۢṭayrin(of) fowls
3. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
4. يَشْتَهُونَyashtahūnathey desire

وَحُورٌ عِينٌ

Transliteration waḥūrun ʿīnun

English And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

1. وَحُورٌwaḥūrunAnd fair ones
2. عِينٌۭʿīnun(with) large eyes

كَأَمْثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

Transliteration ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūni

English The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

1. كَأَمْثَـٰلِka-amthāliLike
2. ٱللُّؤْلُؤِl-lu'lu-ipearls
3. ٱلْمَكْنُونِl-maknūniwell-protected

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

English As reward for what they used to do.

1. جَزَآءًۢjazāanA reward
2. بِمَاbimāfor what
3. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
4. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

Transliteration lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīman

English They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -

1. لَاlāNot
2. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey will hear
3. فِيهَاfīhātherein
4. لَغْوًۭاlaghwanvain talk
5. وَلَاwalāand not
6. تَأْثِيمًاtathīmansinful (speech)

إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَـٰمًا سَلَـٰمًا

Transliteration illā qīlan salāman salāman

English Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. قِيلًۭاqīlana saying
3. سَلَـٰمًۭاsalāmanPeace
4. سَلَـٰمًۭاsalāmanPeace

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Transliteration wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīni

English The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

1. وَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābuAnd (the) companions
2. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīni(of) the right
3. مَآmāwhat
4. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
5. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīni(of) the right

فِى سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ

Transliteration fī sid'rin makhḍūdin

English [They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed.

1. فِىfīAmong
2. سِدْرٍۢsid'rinlote trees
3. مَّخْضُودٍۢmakhḍūdinthornless

وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ

Transliteration waṭalḥin manḍūdin

English And [banana] trees layered [with fruit].

1. وَطَلْحٍۢwaṭalḥinAnd banana trees
2. مَّنضُودٍۢmanḍūdinlayered

وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ

Transliteration waẓillin mamdūdin

English And shade extended.

1. وَظِلٍّۢwaẓillinAnd shade
2. مَّمْدُودٍۢmamdūdinextended

وَمَآءٍ مَّسْكُوبٍ

Transliteration wamāin maskūbin

English And water poured out

1. وَمَآءٍۢwamāinAnd water
2. مَّسْكُوبٍۢmaskūbinpoured forth

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ

Transliteration wafākihatin kathīratin

English And fruit, abundant [and varied],

1. وَفَـٰكِهَةٍۢwafākihatinAnd fruit
2. كَثِيرَةٍۢkathīratinabundant

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ

Transliteration lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿatin

English Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

1. لَّاlāNot
2. مَقْطُوعَةٍۢmaqṭūʿatinlimited
3. وَلَاwalāand not
4. مَمْنُوعَةٍۢmamnūʿatinforbidden

وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

Transliteration wafurushin marfūʿatin

English And [upon] beds raised high.

1. وَفُرُشٍۢwafurushinAnd (on) couches
2. مَّرْفُوعَةٍmarfūʿatinraised

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءً

Transliteration innā anshanāhunna inshāan

English Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
2. أَنشَأْنَـٰهُنَّanshanāhunna[We] have produced them
3. إِنشَآءًۭinshāan(into) a creation

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

Transliteration fajaʿalnāhunna abkāran

English And made them virgins,

1. فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُنَّfajaʿalnāhunnaAnd We have made them
2. أَبْكَارًاabkāranvirgins

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا

Transliteration ʿuruban atrāban

English Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

1. عُرُبًاʿurubanDevoted
2. أَتْرَابًۭاatrābanequals in age

لِّأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Transliteration li-aṣḥābi l-yamīni

English For the companions of the right [who are]

1. لِّأَصْحَـٰبِli-aṣḥābiFor (the) companions
2. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīni(of) the right

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration thullatun mina l-awalīna

English A company of the former peoples

1. ثُلَّةٌۭthullatunA company
2. مِّنَminaof
3. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former people

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Transliteration wathullatun mina l-ākhirīna

English And a company of the later peoples.

1. وَثُلَّةٌۭwathullatunAnd a company
2. مِّنَminaof
3. ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَl-ākhirīnathe later people

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

Transliteration wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāli

English And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

1. وَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābuAnd (the) companions
2. ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimāli(of) the left
3. مَآmāwhat
4. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
5. ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimāli(of) the left

فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ

Transliteration fī samūmin waḥamīmin

English [They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

1. فِىfīIn
2. سَمُومٍۢsamūminscorching fire
3. وَحَمِيمٍۢwaḥamīminand scalding water

وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ

Transliteration waẓillin min yaḥmūmin

English And a shade of black smoke,

1. وَظِلٍّۢwaẓillinAnd a shade
2. مِّنminof
3. يَحْمُومٍۢyaḥmūminblack smoke

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

Transliteration lā bāridin walā karīmin

English Neither cool nor beneficial.

1. لَّاlāNot
2. بَارِدٍۢbāridincool
3. وَلَاwalāand not
4. كَرِيمٍkarīminpleasant

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

Transliteration innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīna

English Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
2. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
3. قَبْلَqablabefore
4. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
5. مُتْرَفِينَmut'rafīnaindulging in affluence

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīmi

English And they used to persist in the great violation,

1. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūAnd were
2. يُصِرُّونَyuṣirrūnapersisting
3. عَلَىʿalāin
4. ٱلْحِنثِl-ḥinthithe sin
5. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe great

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Transliteration wakānū yaqūlūna a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

English And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

1. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūAnd they used (to)
2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasay
3. أَئِذَاa-idhāWhen
4. مِتْنَاmit'nāwe die
5. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand become
6. تُرَابًۭاturābandust
7. وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanand bones
8. أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
9. لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely be resurrected

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Transliteration awaābāunā l-awalūna

English And our forefathers [as well]?"

1. أَوَءَابَآؤُنَاawaābāunāAnd also our fathers
2. ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūnaformer

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

Transliteration qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīna

English Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples

1. قُلْqulSay
2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
3. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former
4. وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَwal-ākhirīnaand the later people

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

Transliteration lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

English Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."

1. لَمَجْمُوعُونَlamajmūʿūnaSurely, will be gathered
2. إِلَىٰilāfor
3. مِيقَـٰتِmīqāti(the) appointment
4. يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a Day
5. مَّعْلُومٍۢmaʿlūminwell-known

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ

Transliteration thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūna

English Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِنَّكُمْinnakumindeed you
3. أَيُّهَاayyuhāO those astray
4. ٱلضَّآلُّونَl-ḍālūnaO those astray
5. ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَl-mukadhibūnathe deniers

لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ

Transliteration laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmin

English Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

1. لَـَٔاكِلُونَlaākilūnaWill surely eat
2. مِنminfrom
3. شَجَرٍۢshajarin(the) tree
4. مِّنminof
5. زَقُّومٍۢzaqqūminZaqqum

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

Transliteration famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna

English And filling with it your bellies

1. فَمَالِـُٔونَfamāliūnaThen will fill
2. مِنْهَاmin'hāwith it
3. ٱلْبُطُونَl-buṭūnathe bellies

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Transliteration fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīmi

English And drinking on top of it from scalding water.

1. فَشَـٰرِبُونَfashāribūnaAnd drink
2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover it
3. مِنَmina[from]
4. ٱلْحَمِيمِl-ḥamīmithe scalding water

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

Transliteration fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīmi

English And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

1. فَشَـٰرِبُونَfashāribūnaAnd will drink
2. شُرْبَshur'ba(as) drinking
3. ٱلْهِيمِl-hīmi(of) the thirsty camels

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

Transliteration hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīni

English That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

1. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
2. نُزُلُهُمْnuzuluhum(is) their hospitality
3. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
4. ٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) Judgment

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

Transliteration naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūna

English We have created you, so why do you not believe?

1. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
2. خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākum[We] created you
3. فَلَوْلَاfalawlāso why (do) not
4. تُصَدِّقُونَtuṣaddiqūnayou admit the truth

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

Transliteration afara-aytum mā tum'nūna

English Have you seen that which you emit?

1. أَفَرَءَيْتُمafara-aytumDo you see
2. مَّاmāwhat
3. تُمْنُونَtum'nūnayou emit

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ

Transliteration a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūna

English Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

1. ءَأَنتُمْa-antumIs it you
2. تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓtakhluqūnahuwho create it
3. أَمْamor
4. نَحْنُnaḥnu(are) We
5. ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَl-khāliqūnathe Creators

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

Transliteration naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

English We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

1. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
2. قَدَّرْنَاqaddarnā[We] have decreed
3. بَيْنَكُمُbaynakumuamong you
4. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
5. وَمَاwamāand not
6. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
7. بِمَسْبُوقِينَbimasbūqīna(are) outrun

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَـٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration ʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi-akum fī mā lā taʿlamūna

English In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.

1. عَلَىٰٓʿalāIn
2. أَنanthat
3. نُّبَدِّلَnubaddilaWe (will) change
4. أَمْثَـٰلَكُمْamthālakumyour likeness[es]
5. وَنُنشِئَكُمْwanunshi-akumand produce you
6. فِىfīin
7. مَاmāwhat
8. لَاlānot
9. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūna

English And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. عَلِمْتُمُʿalim'tumuyou know
3. ٱلنَّشْأَةَl-nashatathe creation
4. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe first
5. فَلَوْلَاfalawlāso why not
6. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou take heed

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ

Transliteration afara-aytum mā taḥruthūna

English And have you seen that [seed] which you sow?

1. أَفَرَءَيْتُمafara-aytumAnd do you see
2. مَّاmāwhat
3. تَحْرُثُونَtaḥruthūnayou sow

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

Transliteration a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūna

English Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?

1. ءَأَنتُمْa-antumIs it you (who)
2. تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓtazraʿūnahucause it to grow
3. أَمْamor
4. نَحْنُnaḥnu(are) We
5. ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَl-zāriʿūnathe Ones Who grow

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

Transliteration law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna

English If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,

1. لَوْlawIf
2. نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
3. لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُlajaʿalnāhuWe (would) surely, make it
4. حُطَـٰمًۭاḥuṭāmandebris
5. فَظَلْتُمْfaẓaltumthen you would remain
6. تَفَكَّهُونَtafakkahūnawondering

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ

Transliteration innā lamugh'ramūna

English [Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt;

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
2. لَمُغْرَمُونَlamugh'ramūnasurely are laden with debt

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

Transliteration bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

English Rather, we have been deprived."

1. بَلْbalNay
2. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
3. مَحْرُومُونَmaḥrūmūna(are) deprived

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

Transliteration afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūna

English And have you seen the water that you drink?

1. أَفَرَءَيْتُمُafara-aytumuDo you see
2. ٱلْمَآءَl-māathe water
3. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
4. تَشْرَبُونَtashrabūnayou drink

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

Transliteration a-antum anzaltumūhu mina l-muz'ni am naḥnu l-munzilūna

English Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?

1. ءَأَنتُمْa-antumIs it you
2. أَنزَلْتُمُوهُanzaltumūhuwho send it down
3. مِنَminafrom
4. ٱلْمُزْنِl-muz'nithe rain clouds
5. أَمْamor
6. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
7. ٱلْمُنزِلُونَl-munzilūna(are) the Ones to send

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

Transliteration law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna

English If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

1. لَوْlawIf
2. نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
3. جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuWe (could) make it
4. أُجَاجًۭاujājansalty
5. فَلَوْلَاfalawlāthen why are you not grateful
6. تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnathen why are you not grateful

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ

Transliteration afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūna

English And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

1. أَفَرَءَيْتُمُafara-aytumuDo you see
2. ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
3. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
4. تُورُونَtūrūnayou ignite

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

Transliteration a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūna

English Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?

1. ءَأَنتُمْa-antumIs it you
2. أَنشَأْتُمْanshatumwho produced
3. شَجَرَتَهَآshajaratahāits tree
4. أَمْamor
5. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
6. ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَl-munshiūna(are) the Producers

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَـٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ

Transliteration naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīna

English We have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers,

1. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
2. جَعَلْنَـٰهَاjaʿalnāhāhave made it
3. تَذْكِرَةًۭtadhkiratana reminder
4. وَمَتَـٰعًۭاwamatāʿanand a provision
5. لِّلْمُقْوِينَlil'muq'wīnafor the wayfarers in the desert

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

English So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

1. فَسَبِّحْfasabbiḥSo glorify
2. بِٱسْمِbi-is'mi(the) name
3. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
4. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Most Great

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

Transliteration falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūmi

English Then I swear by the setting of the stars,

1. ۞ فَلَآfalāBut nay
2. أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swear
3. بِمَوَٰقِعِbimawāqiʿiby setting
4. ٱلنُّجُومِl-nujūmi(of) the stars

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

Transliteration wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmun

English And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.

1. وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, it
2. لَقَسَمٌۭlaqasamun(is) surely an oath
3. لَّوْlawif
4. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know
5. عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ

Transliteration innahu laqur'ānun karīmun

English Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
2. لَقُرْءَانٌۭlaqur'ānun(is) surely, a Quran
3. كَرِيمٌۭkarīmunnoble

فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ

Transliteration fī kitābin maknūnin

English In a Register well-protected;.

1. فِىfīIn
2. كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina Book
3. مَّكْنُونٍۢmaknūninwell-guarded

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ

Transliteration lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūna

English None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].

1. لَّاlāNone
2. يَمَسُّهُۥٓyamassuhutouch it
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَl-muṭaharūnathe purified

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

English [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

1. تَنزِيلٌۭtanzīlunA Revelation
2. مِّنminfrom
3. رَّبِّrabbi(the) Lord
4. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ

Transliteration afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūna

English Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

1. أَفَبِهَـٰذَاafabihādhāThen is it to this
2. ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthistatement
3. أَنتُمantumthat you
4. مُّدْهِنُونَmud'hinūna(are) indifferent

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Transliteration watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūna

English And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?

1. وَتَجْعَلُونَwatajʿalūnaAnd you make
2. رِزْقَكُمْriz'qakumyour provision
3. أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you
4. تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūnadeny

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

Transliteration falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūma

English Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat

1. فَلَوْلَآfalawlāThen why not
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. بَلَغَتِbalaghatiit reaches
4. ٱلْحُلْقُومَl-ḥul'qūmathe throat

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ

Transliteration wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūna

English And you are at that time looking on -

1. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumAnd you
2. حِينَئِذٍۢḥīna-idhin(at) that time
3. تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūnalook on

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūna

English And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

1. وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuAnd We
2. أَقْرَبُaqrabu(are) nearer
3. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
4. مِنكُمْminkumthan you
5. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
6. لَّاlāyou (do) not see
7. تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnayou (do) not see

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

Transliteration falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīna

English Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

1. فَلَوْلَآfalawlāThen why not
2. إِنinif
3. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
4. غَيْرَghayranot
5. مَدِينِينَmadīnīnato be recompensed

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

1. تَرْجِعُونَهَآtarjiʿūnahāBring it back
2. إِنinif
3. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
4. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

Transliteration fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīna

English And if he [i.e., the deceased] was of those brought near [to Allāh],

1. فَأَمَّآfa-ammāThen
2. إِنinif
3. كَانَkānahe was
4. مِنَminaof
5. ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَl-muqarabīnathose brought near

فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ

Transliteration farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmin

English Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.

1. فَرَوْحٌۭfarawḥunThen rest
2. وَرَيْحَانٌۭwarayḥānunand bounty
3. وَجَنَّتُwajannatuand a Garden
4. نَعِيمٍۢnaʿīmin(of) Pleasure

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Transliteration wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

English And if he was of the companions of the right,

1. وَأَمَّآwa-ammāAnd
2. إِنinif
3. كَانَkānahe was
4. مِنْminof
5. أَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions
6. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīni(of) the right

فَسَلَـٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Transliteration fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

English Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right."

1. فَسَلَـٰمٌۭfasalāmunThen, peace
2. لَّكَlakafor you
3. مِنْmin[from]
4. أَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions
5. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīni(of) the right

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Transliteration wa-ammā in kāna mina l-mukadhibīna l-ḍālīna

English But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray,

1. وَأَمَّآwa-ammāBut
2. إِنinif
3. كَانَkānahe was
4. مِنَminaof
5. ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīnathe deniers
6. ٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīnathe astray

فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

Transliteration fanuzulun min ḥamīmin

English Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

1. فَنُزُلٌۭfanuzulunThen, hospitality
2. مِّنْminof
3. حَمِيمٍۢḥamīmin(the) scalding water

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ

Transliteration wataṣliyatu jaḥīmin

English And burning in Hellfire.

1. وَتَصْلِيَةُwataṣliyatuAnd burning
2. جَحِيمٍjaḥīmin(in) Hellfire

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Transliteration inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīni

English Indeed, this is the true certainty,

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
3. لَهُوَlahuwasurely, it
4. حَقُّḥaqqu(is the) truth
5. ٱلْيَقِينِl-yaqīnicertain

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

English So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

1. فَسَبِّحْfasabbiḥSo glorify
2. بِٱسْمِbi-is'mi(the) name
3. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
4. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Most Great