وَكُنتُم أَزواجًا ثَلاثَةً

And you become [of] three kinds:

فَأَصحابُ المَيمَنَةِ ما أَصحابُ المَيمَنَةِ

Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

وَأَصحابُ المَشأَمَةِ ما أَصحابُ المَشأَمَةِ

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

وَالسّابِقونَ السّابِقونَ

And the forerunners, the forerunners -

أُولـٰئِكَ المُقَرَّبونَ

Those are the ones brought near [to Allah]

ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأَوَّلينَ

A [large] company of the former peoples

وَقَليلٌ مِنَ الآخِرينَ

And a few of the later peoples,

عَلىٰ سُرُرٍ مَوضونَةٍ

On thrones woven [with ornament],

مُتَّكِئينَ عَلَيها مُتَقابِلينَ

Reclining on them, facing each other.

يَطوفُ عَلَيهِم وِلدانٌ مُخَلَّدونَ

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal