ﱁIn themﱂ(are) goodﱃand beautiful onesﱄ
In all Gardens will be noble, pleasant mates.
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ﱅSo whichﱆ(of the) favorsﱇ(of) your Lordﱈwill you both denyﱉ
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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ﱊFair onesﱋrestrainedﱌinﱍthe pavilionsﱎ
˹They will be˺ maidens with gorgeous eyes, reserved in pavilions.
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ﱏSo whichﱐ(of the) favorsﱑ(of) your Lordﱒwill you both denyﱓ
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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ﱔNotﱕhas touched themﱖany manﱗbefore themﱘand notﱙany jinnﱚ
No human or jinn has ever touched these ˹maidens˺ before.
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ﱛSo whichﱜ(of the) favorsﱝ(of) your Lordﱞwill you both denyﱟ
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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ﱠRecliningﱡonﱢcushionsﱣgreenﱤand carpetsﱥbeautifulﱦ
All ˹believers˺ will be reclining on green cushions and splendid carpets.
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ﱧSo whichﱨ(of the) favorsﱩ(of) your Lordﱪwill you both denyﱫ
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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ﱬBlessed isﱭ(the) nameﱮ(of) your LordﱯOwnerﱰ(of) Majestyﱱand Honorﱲ
Blessed is the Name of your Lord, full of Majesty and Honour.
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Al-Waqi'ah
The Inevitable
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
ﱳWhenﱴoccursﱵthe Eventﱶ
When the Inevitable Event takes place,
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ﱷNotﱸat its occurrenceﱹa denialﱺ
then no one can deny it has come.
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ﱻBringing downﱼraising upﱽ
It will debase ˹some˺ and elevate ˹others˺.
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ﱾWhenﱿwill be shakenﲀthe earthﲁ(with) a shakingﲂ
When the earth will be violently shaken,
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ﲃAnd will be crumbledﲄthe mountainsﲅ(with awful) crumblingﲆ
and the mountains will be crushed to pieces,
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ﲇSo they becomeﲈdust particlesﲉdispersingﲊ
becoming scattered ˹particles of˺ dust,
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ﲋAnd you will becomeﲌkindsﲍthreeﲎ
you will ˹all˺ be ˹divided into˺ three groups:
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ﲏThen (the) companionsﲐ(of) the rightﲑwhatﲒ(are the) companionsﲓ(of) the rightﲔ
the people of the right, how ˹blessed˺ will they be;
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ﲕAnd (the) companionsﲖ(of) the leftﲗwhatﲘ(are the) companionsﲙ(of) the leftﲚ
the people of the left, how ˹miserable˺ will they be;
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ﲛAnd the foremostﲜ(are) the foremostﲝ
and the foremost ˹in faith˺ will be the foremost ˹in Paradise˺.
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ﲞThoseﲟ(are) the nearest onesﲠ
They are the ones nearest ˹to Allah˺,
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ﲡInﲢGardensﲣ(of) Pleasureﲤ
in the Gardens of Bliss.
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ﲥA companyﲦofﲧthe former (people)ﲨ
˹They will be˺ a multitude from earlier generations
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ﲩAnd a fewﲪofﲫthe later (people)ﲬ
and a few from later generations.
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ﲭOnﲮthronesﲯdecoratedﲰ
˹All will be˺ on jewelled thrones,
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ﲱRecliningﲲon themﲳfacing each otherﲴ
reclining face to face.
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