إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ   

56.1 . When the event befalleth .

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ   

56.2 . There is no denying that it will befall

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ   

56.3 . Abasing ( some ) , exalting ( others ) ;

إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجّاً   

56.4 . When the earth is shaken with a shock

وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسّاً   

56.5 . And the hills are ground to powder

فَكَانَتْ هَبَاء مُّنبَثّاً   

56.6 . So that they become a scattered dust ,

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَاجاً ثَلَاثَةً   

56.7 . And ye will be three kinds :

فَأَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ   

56.8 . ( First ) those on the right hand ; what of those on the right hand?

وَأَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ   

56.9 . And ( then ) those on the left hand ; what of those on the left hand?

وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ   

56.10 . And the foremost in the race , the foremost in the race :