بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ إِذا وَقَعَتِ الواقِعَةُ

When the Inevitability takes place.

لَيسَ لِوَقعَتِها كاذِبَةٌ

There will be no denying its occurrence.

خافِضَةٌ رافِعَةٌ

Lowering, elevating.

إِذا رُجَّتِ الأَرضُ رَجًّا

When the earth is violently shaken.

وَبُسَّتِ الجِبالُ بَسًّا

And the mountains are reduced to fine 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.

أُولـٰئِكَ المُقَرَّبونَ

Those drawn near.