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Surah 56

Al-Waaqia

The Inevitable

96 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy
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Ayah 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 2

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 3

خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ

English Translation

abasing [some], exalting [others]!

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Ayah 4

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا

English Translation

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

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Ayah 5

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا

English Translation

and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards,

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Ayah 6

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا

English Translation

so that they become as scat­tered dust –

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Ayah 7

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 8

فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

English Translation

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!

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Ayah 9

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 10

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 11

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

English Translation

they who were [always] drawn close unto God!

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Ayah 12

فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

English Translation

In gardens of bliss [will they dwell] -

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Ayah 13

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

English Translation

a good many of those of olden times,

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Ayah 14

وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

English Translation

but [only] a few of later times.

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Ayah 15

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 16

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 17

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

English Translation

Immortal youths will wait upon them

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Ayah 18

بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 19

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 20

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

English Translation

and with fruit of any kind that they may choose,

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Ayah 21

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 22

وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 23

كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

English Translation

like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells.

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Ayah 24

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 25

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

English Translation

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

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Ayah 26

إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا

English Translation

but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace.

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Ayah 27

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 28

فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 29

وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ

English Translation

and acacias flower-clad,

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Ayah 30

وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ

English Translation

and shade extended,

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Ayah 31

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ

English Translation

and waters gushing,

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Ayah 32

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ

English Translation

and fruit abounding,

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Ayah 33

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ

English Translation

never-failing and never out of reach.

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Ayah 34

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 35

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 36

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

English Translation

having resurrected them as virgins,

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Ayah 37

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا

English Translation

full of love, well-matched

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Ayah 38

لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

English Translation

with those who have attained to righteousness:

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Ayah 39

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

English Translation

a good many of olden times,

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Ayah 40

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

English Translation

and a good many of later times.

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Ayah 41

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 42

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 43

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ

English Translation

and the shadows of black smoke -

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Ayah 44

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

English Translation

[shadows] neither cooling nor soothing.

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Ayah 45

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 46

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

English Translation

and would persist in heinous sinning,

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Ayah 47

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 48

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

English Translation

and perhaps, too, our forebears of old?”

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Ayah 49

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 50

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 51

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 52

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 53

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

English Translation

and will have to fill your bellies therewith,

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Ayah 54

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 55

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

English Translation

drink it as the most insatiably thirsty camels drink!”

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Ayah 56

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

English Translation

Such will be their welcome on Judgment Day!

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Ayah 57

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 58

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 59

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 60

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 61

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 62

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

English Translation

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]?

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Ayah 63

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 64

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 65

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 66

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ

English Translation

“Verily, we are ruined!

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Ayah 67

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 68

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

English Translation

Have you ever considered the water which you drink?

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Ayah 69

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 70

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

English Translation

[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]?

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Ayah 71

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ

English Translation

Have you ever considered the fire which you kindle?

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Ayah 72

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

English Translation

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?

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Ayah 73

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ

English Translation

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].

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Ayah 74

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 75

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 76

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 77

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ

English Translation

Behold, it is a truly noble discourse,

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Ayah 78

فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 79

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 80

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

English Translation

a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds!

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Ayah 81

أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 82

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 83

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 84

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ

English Translation

the while you are [helplessly] looking on -

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Ayah 85

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 86

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 87

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 88

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 89

فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 90

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 91

فَسَلَٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 92

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 93

فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 94

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ

English Translation

and the heat of a blazing fire!

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Ayah 95

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

English Translation

Verily, this is indeed the truth of truths!

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Ayah 96

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

English Translation

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

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