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Text fromOpenITICC BY-NC-SA 4.0altafsir.comtaken 2026-10-21English translation: Feras Hamza, Tafsir al-Jalalayn (Fons Vitae, 2008), as published at altafsir.com by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, from the copy of Tarteel’s Quranic Universal Library. altafsir.comQUL
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ 1
{ إذا وقعت الواقعة } قامت القيامة.
When the [imminent] Event comes to pass, [when] the Resurrection takes place,
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ 2
{ ليس لوقعتها كاذبة } نفس تكذب: بأن تنفيها كما نفتها في الدنيا.
there will be no denying its coming to pass, [there is] no soul to deny [it], by repudiating it as it did in this world,
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ 3
{ خافضة رافعة } أي هي مظهرة لخفض أقوام بدخولهم النار ولرفع آخرين بدخولهم الجنة.
[it will be] abasing [some], exalting [others], that is, it will manifest the abasing of some people by [virtue of] their admission into the Fire, and [manifest] the exalting of others by their admission into Paradise.
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا 4
{ إذا رجت الأرض رجا } حركت حركة شديدة.
When the earth is shaken with a violent shock,
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا 5
{ وبست الجبال بسا } فتتت.
and the mountains are pulverised to [tiny] pieces,
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا 6
{ فكانت هبآء } غبارا { منبثا } منتشرا، و «إذا» الثانية بدل من الأولى.
so that they become a scattered dust (the second idh, ‘when’, is a substitution for the first idh),
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَـٰثَةً 7
{ وكنتم } في القيامة { أزوجا } أصنافا { ثلثة }.
and you will be, at the Resurrection, three kinds, categories:
فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ 8
{ فأصحب الميمنة } وهم الذين يؤتون كتبهم بأيمانهم: مبتدأ خبره { مآ أصحب الميمنة } تعظيم لشأنهم بدخولهم الجنة.
Those of the right [hand], those who are given their record [of deeds] in their right hand (fa-ashābu’l-maymanati is the subject, the predicate of which is [the following mā ashābu’l-maymanati]) — what of those of the right [hand]? — a glorification of their status on account of their admittance into Paradise.
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ 9
{ وأصحب المشئمة } أي الشمال بأن يؤتى كل منهم كتابه بشماله { ما أصحب المشئمة } تحقير لشأنهم بدخولهم النار.
And those of the left [hand] (al-mash’ama means al-shimāl, ‘left’), each of whom is given his record [of deeds] in their left hands — what of those of the left [hand]? — an expression of contempt for their status on account of their admittance into the Fire.
وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ 10
{ والسبقون } إلى الخير وهم الأنبياء: مبتدأ. { السبقون } تأكيد لتعظيم شأنهم.
And the foremost, in [the race to do] good, namely, the prophets (al-sābiqūna is a subject) the foremost: (this [repetition] is to emphasise their exalted status; the predicate [is the following, ūlā’ika’l-muqarrabūna])
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ 11
والخبر { أولئك المقربون }.
they are the ones brought near [to God],
فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ 12
{ في جنت النعيم }.
in the Gardens of Bliss,