فَكانَت هَباءً مُنبَثًّا

Becoming dispersed dust.

وَكُنتُم أَزواجًا ثَلاثَةً

You will be sorted into three categories.

فَأَصحابُ المَيمَنَةِ ما أَصحابُ المَيمَنَةِ

Those on the Right—what of those on the Right?

وَأَصحابُ المَشأَمَةِ ما أَصحابُ المَشأَمَةِ

And those on the Left—what of those on the Left?

وَالسّابِقونَ السّابِقونَ

And the forerunners, the foremost.

في جَنّاتِ النَّعيمِ

In the Gardens of Delight.

ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأَوَّلينَ

A multitude from the earliest generations.

وَقَليلٌ مِنَ الآخِرينَ

And a few from the later ones.

عَلىٰ سُرُرٍ مَوضونَةٍ

Upon ornate thrones.

مُتَّكِئينَ عَلَيها مُتَقابِلينَ

Facing each other.