Surah Al-Waaqia

أَفَبِهَٰذَاٱلْحَدِيثِأَنتُممُّدْهِنُونَ

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

وَتَجْعَلُونَرِزْقَكُمْأَنَّكُمْتُكَذِّبُونَ

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

فَلَوْلَآإِذَابَلَغَتِٱلْحُلْقُومَ

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

وَأَنتُمْحِينَئِذٍۢتَنظُرُونَ

the while you are [helplessly] looking on -

وَنَحْنُأَقْرَبُإِلَيْهِمِنكُمْوَلَٰكِنلَّاتُبْصِرُونَ

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

فَلَوْلَآإِنكُنتُمْغَيْرَمَدِينِينَ

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

تَرْجِعُونَهَآإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ

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

فَأَمَّآإِنكَانَمِنَٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

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

فَرَوْحٌۭوَرَيْحَانٌۭوَجَنَّتُنَعِيمٍۢ

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

وَأَمَّآإِنكَانَمِنْأَصْحَٰبِٱلْيَمِينِ

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

فَسَلَٰمٌۭلَّكَمِنْأَصْحَٰبِٱلْيَمِينِ

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

وَأَمَّآإِنكَانَمِنَٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَٱلضَّآلِّينَ

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

فَنُزُلٌۭمِّنْحَمِيمٍۢ

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

وَتَصْلِيَةُجَحِيمٍ

and the heat of a blazing fire!

إِنَّهَٰذَالَهُوَحَقُّٱلْيَقِينِ

Verily, this is indeed the truth of truths!

فَسَبِّحْبِٱسْمِرَبِّكَٱلْعَظِيمِ

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