خافِضَةٌ رافِعَةٌ

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

إِذا رُجَّتِ الأَرضُ رَجًّا

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

وَبُسَّتِ الجِبالُ بَسًّا

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

فَكانَت هَباءً مُنبَثًّا

And become dust dispersing.

وَكُنتُم أَزواجًا ثَلاثَةً

And you become [of] three kinds:

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]

في جَنّاتِ النَّعيمِ

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأَوَّلينَ

A [large] company of the former peoples