مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ۝١

WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass,

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۝٢

there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass,

خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ ۝۳

abasing [some], exalting [others]!

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا ۝٤

When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe],

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا ۝٥

and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards,

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا ۝٦

so that they become as scat­tered dust –

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ ۝۷

[on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds.

فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ۝۸

Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how [happy] will be they who have attained to what is right!

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۝۹

And there shall be such as will have lost them­selves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil!

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ۝١۰

But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]:

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝١١

they who were [always] drawn close unto God!

فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝١٢

In gardens of bliss [will they dwell] -

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١۳

a good many of those of olden times,

وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ۝١٤

but [only] a few of later times.

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ ۝١٥

[They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness,

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ ۝١٦

reclining upon them, facing one another [in love].

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ۝١۷

Immortal youths will wait upon them

بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ ۝١۸

with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ۝١۹

by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk;

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ۝٢۰

and with fruit of any kind that they may choose,

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ۝٢١

and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire.

وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ ۝٢٢

And [with them will be their] companions pure, most beautiful of eye,

كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ ۝٢۳

like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells.

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ۝٢٤

[And this will be] a reward for what they did [in life].

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا ۝٢٥

No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin,

إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا ۝٢٦

but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace.

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٢۷

NOW AS FOR those who have attained to righteous­ness - what of those who have attained to righteous­ness?

فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ ۝٢۸

[They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit- laden lote-trees,

وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ ۝٢۹

and acacias flower-clad,

وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ ۝۳۰

and shade extended,

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ ۝۳١

and waters gushing,

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ ۝۳٢

and fruit abounding,

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ ۝۳۳

never-failing and never out of reach.

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ ۝۳٤

And [with them will be their] spouses, raised high:

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ ۝۳٥

for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed,

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا ۝۳٦

having resurrected them as virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا ۝۳۷

full of love, well-matched

لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝۳۸

with those who have attained to righteousness:

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝۳۹

a good many of olden times,

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ۝٤۰

and a good many of later times.

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۝٤١

BUT AS FOR those who have persevered in evil - what of those who have persevered in evil?

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ ۝٤٢

[They will find themselves] in the midst of scorching winds, and burning despair,

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ ۝٤۳

and the shadows of black smoke -

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ۝٤٤

[shadows] neither cooling nor soothing.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ۝٤٥

For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures,

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٤٦

and would persist in heinous sinning,

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ۝٤۷

and would say, “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? -

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۝٤۸

and perhaps, too, our forebears of old?”

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ۝٤۹

Say: “Verily, those of olden times and those of later times

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ۝٥۰

will indeed be gathered together at an appointed time on a Day known [only to God]:

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٥١

and then, verily, O you who have gone astray and called the truth a lie,

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ ۝٥٢

you will indeed have to taste of the tree of deadly fruit,

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ۝٥۳

and will have to fill your bellies therewith,

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ۝٥٤

and will thereupon have to drink [many a draught] of burning despair -

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ ۝٥٥

drink it as the most insatiably thirsty camels drink!”

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٥٦

Such will be their welcome on Judgment Day!

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ۝٥۷

WE who have created you, [O men:] why, then, do you not accept the truth?

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ ۝٥۸

Have you ever considered that [seed] which you emit?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ ۝٥۹

Is it you who create it - or are We the source of its creation?

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ۝٦۰

We have [indeed] decreed that death shall be [ever-present] among you: but there is nothing to prevent Us

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٦١

from changing the nature of your existence and bringing you into being [anew] in a manner [as yet] unknown to you.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٦٢

And [since] you are indeed aware of the [miracle of your] coming into being in the first instance - why, then, do you not bethink yourselves [of Us]?

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ۝٦۳

Have you ever considered the seed which you cast upon the soil?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ۝٦٤

Is it you who cause it to grow - or are We the cause of its growth?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ۝٦٥

[For,] were it Our will, We could indeed turn it into chaff, and you would be left to wonder [and to lament],

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ ۝٦٦

“Verily, we are ruined!

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ۝٦۷

Nay, but we have been deprived [of our livelihood]!”

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ ۝٦۸

Have you ever considered the water which you drink?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ ۝٦۹

Is it you who cause it to come down from the clouds - or are We the cause of its coming down?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ ۝۷۰

[It comes down sweet - but] were it Our will, We could make it burningly salty and bitter: why, then, do you not give thanks [unto Us]?

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ ۝۷١

Have you ever considered the fire which you kindle?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ ۝۷٢

Is it you who have brought into being the tree that serves as its fuel - or are We the cause of its coming into being?

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ۝۷۳

It is We who have made it a means to remind [you of Us], and a comfort for all who are lost and hungry in the wilderness [of their lives].

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝۷٤

Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sus­tainer’s mighty name!

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝۷٥

NAY, I call to witness the coming-down in parts [of this Qur’an]

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ۝۷٦

and, behold, this is indeed a most solemn affirmation, if you but knew it!

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ ۝۷۷

Behold, it is a truly noble discourse,

فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ ۝۷۸

[conveyed unto man] in a well-guarded divine writ

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ ۝۷۹

which none but the pure [of heart] can touch:

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝۸۰

a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds!

أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ ۝۸١

Would you, now, look down with disdain on a tiding like this,

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝۸٢

and make it your daily bread [as it were] to call the truth a lie?

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ ۝۸۳

Why, then, when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man],

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ ۝۸٤

the while you are [helplessly] looking on -

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝۸٥

and while We are closer to him than you, although you see [Us] not -:

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ ۝۸٦

why, then, if [you think that] you are not truly dependent [on Us],

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝۸۷

can you not cause that [ebbing life] to return - if what you claim is true?

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ۝۸۸

[ALL OF YOU are destined to die.] Now if one happens to be of those who are drawn close unto God,

فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ ۝۸۹

happiness [awaits him in the life to come], and inner fulfillment, and a garden of bliss.

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝۹۰

And if one happens to be of those who have attained to righteousness,

فَسَلَٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝۹١

[he, too, will be wel­comed into paradise with the words,] “Peace be unto thee [that art] of those who have attained to right­eousness!”

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ۝۹٢

But if one happens to be of those who are wont to call the truth a lie, and [thus] go astray,

فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ ۝۹۳

a welcome of burning despair [awaits him in the life to come,]

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ۝۹٤

and the heat of a blazing fire!

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ۝۹٥

Verily, this is indeed the truth of truths!

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝۹٦

Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sus­tainer’s mighty name!