Surah Al-Waqi'ah (سورة Al-Waqi'ah)

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🕋 Early Meccan · 610–615 CE📋 Revelation #46🟡 Hifz: Medium📗 Juz 27

Surah Al-Waqi'ah (Arabic: سورة Al-Waqi'ah, "The Inevitable") is the 56 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 96 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Al-Waqi'ah ("The Inevitable") is chapter 56 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 96 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 56:1

اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الۡوَاقِعَةُۙ‏

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

When the Occurrence occurs

Verse 56:2

لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌۘ‏

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun

There is, at its occurrence, no denial

Verse 56:3

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌۙ‏

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

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

Verse 56:4

اِذَا رُجَّتِ الۡاَرۡضُ رَجًّاۙ‏

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

Verse 56:5

وَّبُسَّتِ الۡجِبَالُ بَسًّاۙ‏

wabussati l-jibālu bassan

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

Verse 56:6

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءً مُّنۭۡ بَثًّاۙ‏

fakānat habāan munbathan

And become dust dispersing

Verse 56:7

وَّكُنۡتُمۡ اَزۡوَاجًا ثَلٰثَةًؕ‏

wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan

And you become [of] three kinds

Verse 56:8

فَاَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ࣢ۙ مَا٘ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِؕ‏

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati

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

Verse 56:9

وَاَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ࣢ۙ مَا٘ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِؕ‏

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati

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

Verse 56:10

وَالسّٰبِقُوۡنَ السّٰبِقُوۡنَۙ‏

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna

And the forerunners, the forerunners

Verse 56:11

اُولٰٓئِكَ الۡمُقَرَّبُوۡنَۚ‏

Those are the ones brought near [to Allah]

Verse 56:12

فِيۡ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيۡمِ

In the Gardens of Pleasure

Verse 56:13

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَۙ‏

A [large] company of the former peoples

Verse 56:14

وَقَلِيۡلٌ مِّنَ الۡاٰخِرِيۡنَؕ‏

And a few of the later peoples

Verse 56:15

عَلٰي سُرُرٍ مَّوۡضُوۡنَةٍۙ‏

On thrones woven [with ornament]

Verse 56:16

مُّتَّكِـِٕيۡنَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقٰبِلِيۡنَ

Reclining on them, facing each other

Verse 56:17

يَطُوۡفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُوۡنَۙ‏

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal

Verse 56:18

بِاَكۡوَابٍ وَّاَبَارِيۡقَ ࣢ۙ وَكَاۡسٍ مِّنۡ مَّعِيۡنٍۙ‏

With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring

Verse 56:19

لَّا يُصَدَّعُوۡنَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنۡزِفُوۡنَۙ‏

No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated

Verse 56:20

وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُوۡنَۙ‏

And fruit of what they select

Verse 56:21

وَلَحۡمِ طَيۡرٍ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُوۡنَؕ‏

And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire

Verse 56:22

وَحُوۡرٌ عِيۡنٌۙ‏

And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes

Verse 56:23

كَاَمۡثَالِ اللُّؤۡلُؤِ الۡمَكۡنُوۡنِۚ‏

The likenesses of pearls well-protected

Verse 56:24

جَزَآءًۭ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ

As reward for what they used to do

Verse 56:25

لَا يَسۡمَعُوۡنَ فِيۡهَا لَغۡوًا وَّلَا تَاۡثِيۡمًاۙ‏

They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin

Verse 56:26

اِلَّا قِيۡلًا سَلٰمًا سَلٰمًا

Only a saying: "Peace, peace

Verse 56:27

وَاَصۡحٰبُ الۡيَمِيۡنِ ࣢ۙ مَا٘ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡيَمِيۡنِؕ‏

The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right

Verse 56:28

فِيۡ سِدۡرٍ مَّخۡضُوۡدٍۙ‏

[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed

Verse 56:29

وَّطَلۡحٍ مَّنۡضُوۡدٍۙ‏

And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]

Verse 56:30

وَّظِلٍّ مَّمۡدُوۡدٍۙ‏

And shade extended

Verse 56:31

وَّمَآءٍ مَّسۡكُوۡبٍۙ‏

And water poured out

Verse 56:32

وَّفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيۡرَةٍۙ‏

And fruit, abundant [and varied]

Verse 56:33

لَّا مَقۡطُوۡعَةٍ وَّلَا مَمۡنُوۡعَةٍۙ‏

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden

Verse 56:34

وَّفُرُشٍ مَّرۡفُوۡعَةٍؕ‏

And [upon] beds raised high

Verse 56:35

اِنَّا٘ اَنۡشَاۡنٰهُنَّ اِنۡشَآءًۙ‏

Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation

Verse 56:36

فَجَعَلۡنٰهُنَّ اَبۡكَارًاۙ‏

And made them virgins

Verse 56:37

عُرُبًا اَتۡرَابًاۙ‏

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age

Verse 56:38

لِّاَصۡحٰبِ الۡيَمِيۡنِࣖؕ‏

For the companions of the right [who are]

Verse 56:39

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَۙ‏

A company of the former peoples

Verse 56:40

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الۡاٰخِرِيۡنَؕ‏

And a company of the later peoples

Verse 56:41

وَاَصۡحٰبُ الشِّمَالِ ࣢ۙ مَا٘ اَصۡحٰبُ الشِّمَالِؕ‏

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

Verse 56:42

فِيۡ سَمُوۡمٍ وَّحَمِيۡمٍۙ‏

[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

Verse 56:43

وَّظِلٍّ مِّنۡ يَّحۡمُوۡمٍۙ‏

And a shade of black smoke

Verse 56:44

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَّلَا كَرِيۡمٍ

Neither cool nor beneficial

Verse 56:45

اِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا قَبۡلَ ذٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِيۡنَۚۖ‏

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence

Verse 56:46

وَكَانُوۡا يُصِرُّوۡنَ عَلَي الۡحِنۡثِ الۡعَظِيۡمِۚ‏

And they used to persist in the great violation

Verse 56:47

وَكَانُوۡا يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ ࣢ۙ اَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوۡثُوۡنَۙ‏

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected

Verse 56:48

اَوَ اٰبَآؤُنَا الۡاَوَّلُوۡنَ

And our forefathers [as well]

Verse 56:49

قُلۡ اِنَّ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ وَالۡاٰخِرِيۡنَۙ‏

Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples

Verse 56:50

لَمَجۡمُوۡعُوۡنَ ࣢ۙ اِلٰي مِيۡقَاتِ يَوۡمٍ مَّعۡلُوۡمٍ

Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day

Verse 56:51

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمۡ اَيُّهَا الضَّآلُّوۡنَ الۡمُكَذِّبُوۡنَۙ‏

Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers

Verse 56:52

لَاٰكِلُوۡنَ مِنۡ شَجَرٍ مِّنۡ زَقُّوۡمٍۙ‏

Will be eating from trees of zaqqum

Verse 56:53

فَمَالِـُٔوۡنَ مِنۡهَا الۡبُطُوۡنَۚ‏

And filling with it your bellies

Verse 56:54

فَشٰرِبُوۡنَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ الۡحَمِيۡمِۚ‏

And drinking on top of it from scalding water

Verse 56:55

فَشٰرِبُوۡنَ شُرۡبَ الۡهِيۡمِؕ‏

And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels

Verse 56:56

هٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ الدِّيۡنِؕ‏

That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense

Verse 56:57

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُوۡنَ

We have created you, so why do you not believe

Verse 56:58

اَفَرَءَيۡتُمۡ مَّا تُمۡنُوۡنَؕ‏

Have you seen that which you emit

Verse 56:59

ءَاَنۡتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُوۡنَهٗ٘ اَمۡ نَحۡنُ الۡخٰلِقُوۡنَ

Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator

Verse 56:60

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ الۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوۡقِيۡنَۙ‏

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

Verse 56:61

عَلٰ٘ي اَنۡ نُّبَدِّلَ اَمۡثَالَكُمۡ وَنُنۡشِئَكُمۡ فِيۡ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ

In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know

Verse 56:62

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ النَّشۡاَةَ الۡاُوۡلٰي فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُوۡنَ

And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember

Verse 56:63

اَفَرَءَيۡتُمۡ مَّا تَحۡرُثُوۡنَؕ‏

And have you seen that [seed] which you sow

Verse 56:64

ءَاَنۡتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُوۡنَهٗ٘ اَمۡ نَحۡنُ الزّٰرِعُوۡنَ

Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower

Verse 56:65

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنٰهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُوۡنَ

If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder

Verse 56:66

اِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُوۡنَۙ‏

[Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt

Verse 56:67

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُوۡمُوۡنَ

Rather, we have been deprived

Verse 56:68

اَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ الۡمَآءَ الَّذِيۡ تَشۡرَبُوۡنَؕ‏

And have you seen the water that you drink

Verse 56:69

ءَاَنۡتُمۡ اَنۡزَلۡتُمُوۡهُ مِنَ الۡمُزۡنِ اَمۡ نَحۡنُ الۡمُنۡزِلُوۡنَ

Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down

Verse 56:70

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنٰهُ اُجَاجًا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُوۡنَ

If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful

Verse 56:71

اَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ النَّارَ الَّتِيۡ تُوۡرُوۡنَؕ‏

And have you seen the fire that you ignite

Verse 56:72

ءَاَنۡتُمۡ اَنۡشَاۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَا٘ اَمۡ نَحۡنُ الۡمُنۡشِـُٔوۡنَ

Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer

Verse 56:73

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةً وَّمَتَاعًا لِّلۡمُقۡوِيۡنَۚ‏

We have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers

Verse 56:74

فَسَبِّحۡ بِاسۡمِ رَبِّكَ الۡعَظِيۡمِࣚۚࣖ‏

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great

Verse 56:75

فَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِمَوٰقِعِ النُّجُوۡمِۙ‏

Then I swear by the setting of the stars

Verse 56:76

وَاِنَّهٗ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ عَظِيۡمٌۙ‏

And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great

Verse 56:77

اِنَّهٗ لَقُرۡاٰنٌ كَرِيۡمٌۙ‏

Indeed, it is a noble Qur'an

Verse 56:78

فِيۡ كِتٰبٍ مَّكۡنُوۡنٍۙ‏

In a Register well-protected

Verse 56:79

لَّا يَمَسُّهٗ٘ اِلَّا الۡمُطَهَّرُوۡنَؕ‏

None touch it except the purified

Verse 56:80

تَنۡزِيۡلٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ

[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

Verse 56:81

اَفَبِهٰذَا الۡحَدِيۡثِ اَنۡتُمۡ مُّدۡهِنُوۡنَۙ‏

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

Verse 56:82

وَتَجۡعَلُوۡنَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ اَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُوۡنَ

And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]

Verse 56:83

فَلَوۡلَا٘ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ الۡحُلۡقُوۡمَۙ‏

Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat

Verse 56:84

وَاَنۡتُمۡ حِيۡنَئِذٍ تَنۡظُرُوۡنَۙ‏

And you are at that time looking on

Verse 56:85

وَنَحۡنُ اَقۡرَبُ اِلَيۡهِ مِنۡكُمۡ وَلٰكِنۡ لَّا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَ

And Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see

Verse 56:86

فَلَوۡلَا٘ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِيۡنِيۡنَۙ‏

Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed

Verse 56:87

تَرۡجِعُوۡنَهَا٘ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ صٰدِقِيۡنَ

Bring it back, if you should be truthful

Verse 56:88

فَاَمَّا٘ اِنۡ كَانَ مِنَ الۡمُقَرَّبِيۡنَۙ‏

And if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah

Verse 56:89

فَرَوۡحٌ وَّرَيۡحَانٌ ࣢ۙ وَّجَنَّتُ نَعِيۡمٍ

Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure

Verse 56:90

وَاَمَّا٘ اِنۡ كَانَ مِنۡ اَصۡحٰبِ الۡيَمِيۡنِۙ‏

And if he was of the companions of the right

Verse 56:91

فَسَلٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنۡ اَصۡحٰبِ الۡيَمِيۡنِ

Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right

Verse 56:92

وَاَمَّا٘ اِنۡ كَانَ مِنَ الۡمُكَذِّبِيۡنَ الضَّآلِّيۡنَۙ‏

But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray

Verse 56:93

فَنُزُلٌ مِّنۡ حَمِيۡمٍۙ‏

Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

Verse 56:94

وَّتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيۡمٍ

And burning in Hellfire

Verse 56:95

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الۡيَقِيۡنِۚ‏

Indeed, this is the true certainty

Verse 56:96

فَسَبِّحۡ بِاسۡمِ رَبِّكَ الۡعَظِيۡمِࣖ‏

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great