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Ayah 1

When the inevitable rising will occur.

Ayah 2

There will be no soul that denies it like how it used to deny in the world.

Ayah 3

It will bring the sinful disbelievers low by entering them into the Fire, and it will raise the mindful believers high by entering them into Paradise.

Ayah 4

When the earth is shaken violently.

Ayah 5

And the mountains are completely crushed.

Ayah 6

Due to this crushing they will become scattered dust.

Ayah 7

You will be in three categories on that day.

Ayah 8

The people of the right hand, who will receive their books in their right hands. How high and great will be their rank!

Ayah 9

The people of the left hand, who will receive their books in their left hands. How despicable and wretched will be their ranks.

Ayah 10

Those who were foremost in doing good deeds in the world they will be foremost in the afterlife to enter Paradise.

Ayah 11

They are the ones who will be brought close to Allah.

Ayah 12

In gardens of delight, they will enjoy different types of delight.

Ayah 13

A group from this nation and from previous nation.

Ayah 14

A few people at the end of time will be the foremost ones that are brought close.

Ayah 15

On couches woven with gold.

Ayah 16

Reclining on these couches facing one another and no one will look at the back of another.

Ayah 17

Children who will never face old age or extinction will roam around them, to serve them.

Ayah 18

They will roam around them holding handle-less jugs, jugs with handles, and glasses of unlimited wine that flows in Paradise.

Ayah 19

It is not like the wine of the world; it’s drinkers will not get headaches nor suffer intoxication.

Ayah 20

These children will also roam around them with fruits, from which they may choose.

Ayah 21

They will also roam around with the meat of birds their hearts desire.

Ayah 22

They will also have beautiful, wide-eyed women in Paradise.

Ayah 23

Like pearls protected within their shells.

Ayah 24

As a reward for the good actions they used to do in the world.

Ayah 25

They will not hear any foul language in Paradise, nor any language that incurs sin.

Ayah 26

They will only hear the angels greeting them, and the greetings of one another.

Ayah 27

And the People of the Right: who are the People of the Right? Their rank and status with Allah is indeed, great!

Ayah 28

They will be among harmless, thornless lote trees.

Ayah 29

And bananas, neatly arranged in rows with one another.

Ayah 30

And lengthened, continuous, unmoving shadows.

Ayah 31

And flowing water which never stops.

Ayah 32

And many fruits that cannot be counted.

Ayah 33

They will never finish, because they are not seasonal, nor will there be anything that comes in between their desire for them at any time.

Ayah 34

And raised spreads, spread on the couches.

Ayah 35

Indeed, I created the aforementioned wide-eyed women in an extraordinary way.

Ayah 36

I made them virgins, previously untouched.

Ayah 37

They are very loving to their husbands, and equal to them in age.

Ayah 38

I created them for the People of the Right: those who will be taken towards the right as a sign of their excellence.

Ayah 39

They are a group from the nations of the previous Prophets.

Ayah 40

And a group from the nation of Muhammad (peace be upon him), which is the last of all nations.

Ayah 41

As for the People of the Left: who are the People of the Left? Their state and outcome is indeed, very bad.

Ayah 42

They will be among severely hot winds and extremely hot water.

Ayah 43

And in the shadow of black smoke.

Ayah 44

Neither will it be pleasant, nor will it be a good sight.

Ayah 45

Indeed, before they came to the punishment, they were enjoying the luxuries in the world, caring only for their desires.

Ayah 46

They used to persist on disbelief in Allah and the worship of idols instead of Him.

Ayah 47

They also used to reject the resurrection, and they would say regarding it, mocking it and thinking it to be far-fetched: “What, when we die and become dust and decayed and decomposed bones, shall we be resurrected after that?”

Ayah 48

“Will our ancient forefathers who died before us also be resurrected?”

Ayah 49

O Messenger! Say to these deniers of the resurrection: “Indeed, the earlier generations of people and the later ones from them...

Ayah 50

“...will soon be inevitably gathered on the Day of Judgement to be taken to account and requited.”

Ayah 51

Then, O you rejectors of the resurrection and deviants from the straight path!

Ayah 52

You shall, on the Day of Judgement, eat from the fruits of the tree of Al-Zaqqūm, which are the worst and most disgusting of fruits.

Ayah 53

You will fill your hungry bellied with the fruits of that bitter tree.

Ayah 54

Then you will drink extremely hot water on top of that.

Ayah 55

You will drink so much of it, just like a camel suffering from a burning thirst drinks.

Ayah 56

The aforementioned bitter fruit and extremely hot water is your hospitality you will be received with on the Day of Requital.

Ayah 57

O rejectors! I created you from non-existence, so why do you not believe I will resurrect you after you have died?

Ayah 58

O people! Do you not see the semen you ejaculate into the wombs of your wives?

Ayah 59

Is it you that creates that semen, or am I the one who creates it?

Ayah 60

I determine death between you; each one of you has a fixed amount of time which he neither goes beyond nor falls short of. I am not incapable...

Ayah 61

of changing the form and appearance that you currently hold, and recreating you into a form and appearance that you do not know of.

Ayah 62

Verily, you know how I created you initially, so do you not take heed and realise that the being who created you in the first place, is capable of resurrecting you after you die?

Ayah 63

Do you see the seeds you plant in the earth?

Ayah 64

Are you the ones who make that seed grow, or am I the one that makes it grow?

Ayah 65

If I wish to ruin that crop, I can do so after bringing it close to ripening and harvest. You would then be left shocked at what affected it.

Ayah 66

You would say, “Indeed, we lost everything we spent, and we have been punished.”

Ayah 67

“Rather, we have been deprived of sustenance.”

Ayah 68

Do you see the water you drink when you are thirsty?

Ayah 69

Are you the ones who cause it to fall from the clouds in the sky, or am I the one who sends it down?

Ayah 70

If I wanted to make that water extremely bitter, such that it would be of no use for drinking nor for irrigation, I would have done so. Will you then not be grateful to Me for sending it down as palatable and a mercy for you?

Ayah 71

Do you see the fire that you ignite for your interests?

Ayah 72

Are you the ones who make the trees you ignite it with, grow, or am I the one who causes it to grow, being kind to you?

Ayah 73

I am the one who made this fire for you as a reminder to you of the fire of the Afterlife, and I made it a means of benefit for the travellers among you.

Ayah 74

O Messenger! So glorify your great Lord, of everything that in unbefitting of Him.

Ayah 75

Allah takes an oath on the positions of the stars and their orbits.

Ayah 76

And indeed, taking an oath of these orbits is a great thing - if only you were to understand its greatness-, because there are uncountable signs and lessons in it.

Ayah 77

O people! Indeed, the Qur’ān that is recited to you is a noble Qur’ān, because of the great benefits that it contains.

Ayah 78

It is in a record preserved from the eyes of people, i.e. the Preserved Tablet.

Ayah 79

Only the angels, pure of sin and defects can touch it.

Ayah 80

It is a revelation from the Lord of the creations, on His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

Ayah 81

O idolaters! Do you then reject this speech, and not believe in it?

Ayah 82

And do you show your gratitude to Allah for the blessings He has provided you with, by rejecting Him and attributing the rain to the setting of stars, by saying, “It rained upon us due to the setting of so and so star”.

Ayah 83

Why not, when the soul reaches the throat...

Ayah 84

and at that time, you see the dying person in front of you...

Ayah 85

whilst My angels are closer to the dying person than you are, but you do not see them...

Ayah 86

Why then, if you are not going to be resurrected - as you claim - for requital...

Ayah 87

return this soul that is leaving your dead, if you are truthful? You cannot do it.

Ayah 88

As for if the dying person is one of those who hasten towards good...

Ayah 89

he will be in such comfort after which there will be no tiring, good sustenance and mercy. He will have a Paradise in which he will live in luxury, enjoying whatever his soul desires.

Ayah 90

And if the dying person is from the People of the Right, do not worry about their condition, because they will be in peace and security.

Ayah 91

And if the dying person is from the People of the Right, do not worry about their condition, because they will be in peace and security.

Ayah 92

And if the dying person is from the rejectors of what the Messenger (peace be upon him) brought: the deviators from the straight path...

Ayah 93

then he will have some hospitality presented to him, which will be extremely hot water.

Ayah 94

And he will have to burn in the fire of hell.

Ayah 95

O Messenger! Indeed, the stories I have narrated to you are convincingly true, in which there is no doubt.

Ayah 96

So glorify the great name of your Lord, and proclaim His purity from all defects.

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