إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass, (1) لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, (2) خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ abasing [some], exalting [others]! (3) إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe], (4) وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards, (5) فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا so that they become as scattered dust – (6) وَكُنْتُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ثَلَاثَةً [on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds. (7) فَأَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ 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! (8) وَأَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ And there shall be such as will have lost themselves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil! (9) وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: (10) |
Abdullah Yusuf Ali When the Event Inevitable5222 cometh to pass, (Translation) 5222. The Event Inevitable is the Hour of Judgement. People may doubt now whether it will come. But when it comes, as it will come, suddenly upon them, it will come with such tremendous reality that it will be burnt deep into the experience of every soul. No one can then be deceived or entertain false notions about it. Buy this commentary from Amazon  .Other Translations of Verse : • When the Event inevitable cometh to pass, (Abdullah Yusuf Ali) • When the event befalleth - (Mohamed Marmaduke Pickthall) • When the great event comes to pass, (M. H. Shakir) • When the Event (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) befalls. (Taqiuddin Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan) • When there happeneth Event. (Abdul-Majid Daryabadi) • When the Event (the resurrection) comes (Hassan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish) • When the Event befalls __ (Muhammad Ayub Khan) • When the Inevitable event comes to pass - (Sher Ali) • WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass, (Muhammad Asad) • When the Terror descends (Arthur John Arberry) |