وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ
And the Outstrippers, (i.e., those who precede others) the Outstrippers-
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
Those are the ones to be brought near (in the Hereafter).
فِي جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
In the Gardens of Bliss-
ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
A throng of the earliest (people),
وَقَلِيلٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And a few of the latest (people),
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّوۡضُونَةٖ
Upon close-wrought (Or: plaited or encrusted) settees,
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Reclining upon them, facing one another.
يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنٞ مُّخَلَّدُونَ
(There) go round them eternalized young men.
بِأَكۡوَابٖ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينٖ
With goblets, and beakers, and a cup from a profuse spring,
لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ
Wherefrom their (heads) will not ache, nor will they feel exhausted,