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:

فَأَصحابُ المَيمَنَةِ ما أَصحابُ المَيمَنَةِ

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

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

وَقَليلٌ مِنَ الآخِرينَ

And a few of the later peoples,