Verses 17–51

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ﴿١٧﴾

56:17They will be waited upon by immortal youths,

بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ﴿١٨﴾

56:18with goblets and ewers and a cup of a clear wine,¹²³

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ﴿١٩﴾

56:19which causes them neither headache nor stupefaction,⁴⁵

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ﴿٢٠﴾

56:20and such fruits as they prefer

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ﴿٢١﴾

56:21and such flesh of fowls as they desire,

وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ﴿٢٢﴾

56:22and big-eyed houris

كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ﴿٢٣﴾

56:23like guarded pearls,⁶

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ﴿٢٤﴾

56:24a reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا﴿٢٥﴾

56:25They will not hear therein any vain talk or sinful speech,⁷⁸

إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا﴿٢٦﴾

56:26but only the watchword, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ﴿٢٧﴾

56:27And the People of the Right Hand—what are the People of the Right Hand?!

فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ﴿٢٨﴾

56:28Amid thornless lote trees⁹

وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ﴿٢٩﴾

56:29and clustered spathes¹⁰

وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ﴿٣٠﴾

56:30and extended shade,

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ﴿٣١﴾

56:31and ever-flowing water

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ﴿٣٢﴾

56:32and abundant fruits,

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ﴿٣٣﴾

56:33neither inaccessible, nor forbidden,

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ﴿٣٤﴾

56:34and noble spouses.

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ﴿٣٥﴾

56:35We have created them with a special creation,

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا﴿٣٦﴾

56:36and made them virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا﴿٣٧﴾

56:37loving, of a like age,¹¹

لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ﴿٣٨﴾

56:38for the People of the Right Hand.

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿٣٩﴾

56:39A multitude from the former [generations]

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ﴿٤٠﴾

56:40and a multitude from the latter [ones].

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ﴿٤١﴾

56:41And the People of the Left Hand—what are the People of the Left Hand?!

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ﴿٤٢﴾

56:42Amid infernal miasma and boiling water¹²

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ﴿٤٣﴾

56:43and the shadow of a dense black smoke,¹⁴

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ﴿٤٤﴾

56:44neither cool nor beneficial.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ﴿٤٥﴾

56:45Indeed they had been affluent before this,¹⁵

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ﴿٤٦﴾

56:46and they used to persist in the great sin.¹⁶

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ﴿٤٧﴾

56:47And they used to say, ‘What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?!

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ﴿٤٨﴾

56:48And our forefathers too?!’

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ﴿٤٩﴾

56:49Say, ‘Indeed the former and latter generations

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ﴿٥٠﴾

56:50will all be gathered for the tryst of a known day.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ﴿٥١﴾

56:51Then indeed, you, astray deniers,