Al-Waqi'ah 56:35–61

56:35–38Page 535

إِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءٗ ٣٥

Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا ٣٦

And made them virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابٗا ٣٧

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٣٨

For the companions of the right [who are]

56:39–40Page 535

ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٩

A company of the former peoples

وَثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٠

And a company of the later peoples.

56:41–44Page 535

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ٤١

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

فِي سَمُومٖ وَحَمِيمٖ ٤٢

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

وَظِلّٖ مِّن يَحۡمُومٖ ٤٣

And a shade of black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ٤٤

Neither cool nor beneficial.

56:45Page 535

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ ٤٥

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

56:46Page 535

وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٤٦

And they used to persist in the great violation,¹

56:47Page 535

وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٤٧

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

56:48Page 535

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٤٨

And our forefathers [as well]?"

56:49–50Page 535

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٩

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٥٠

Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."

56:51Page 536

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ ٥١

Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

56:52–55Page 536

لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ ٥٢

Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٥٣

And filling with it your bellies

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٥٤

And drinking on top of it from scalding water

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ ٥٥

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

56:56Page 536

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٥٦

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

56:57Page 536

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ٥٧

We have created you, so why do you not believe?

56:58–59Page 536

أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ ٥٨

Have you seen that which you emit?¹

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ٥٩

Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

56:60–61Page 536

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ٦٠

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٦١

In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.¹