Surah 56 · Meccan · 96 ayahs
الواقعةAl-Waqi'ah
The Inevitable
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 56:1
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ
When the Occurrence occurs
- 56:2
لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ
There is, at its occurrence, no denial
- 56:3
خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others]
- 56:4
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجّٗا
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
- 56:5
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسّٗا
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
- 56:6
فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءٗ مُّنۢبَثّٗا
And become dust dispersing
- 56:7
وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ثَلَٰثَةٗ
And you become [of] three kinds
- 56:8
فَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right
- 56:9
وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left
- 56:10
وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ
And the forerunners, the forerunners
- 56:11
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
Those are the ones brought near [to Allah]
- 56:12
فِي جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
In the Gardens of Pleasure
- 56:13
ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
A [large] company of the former peoples
- 56:14
وَقَلِيلࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And a few of the later peoples
- 56:15
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّوۡضُونَةٖ
On thrones woven [with ornament]
- 56:16
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Reclining on them, facing each other
- 56:17
يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ
There will circulate among them young boys made eternal
- 56:18
بِأَكۡوَابٖ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينٖ
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring
- 56:19
لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ
No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated
- 56:20
وَفَٰكِهَةٖ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ
And fruit of what they select
- 56:21
وَلَحۡمِ طَيۡرٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ
And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire
- 56:22
وَحُورٌ عِينࣱ
And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes
- 56:23
كَأَمۡثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ
The likenesses of pearls well-protected
- 56:24
جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
As reward for what they used to do
- 56:25
لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمًا
They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin
- 56:26
إِلَّا قِيلٗا سَلَٰمٗا سَلَٰمٗا
Only a saying: "Peace, peace
- 56:27
وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right
- 56:28
فِي سِدۡرٖ مَّخۡضُودٖ
[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed
- 56:29
وَطَلۡحٖ مَّنضُودٖ
And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]
- 56:30
وَظِلّٖ مَّمۡدُودٖ
And shade extended
- 56:31
وَمَآءٖ مَّسۡكُوبٖ
And water poured out
- 56:32
وَفَٰكِهَةٖ كَثِيرَةٖ
And fruit, abundant [and varied]
- 56:33
لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةٖ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةٖ
Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden
- 56:34
وَفُرُشٖ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ
And [upon] beds raised high
- 56:35
إِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءٗ
Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation
- 56:36
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا
And made them virgins
- 56:37
عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابٗا
Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age
- 56:38
لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
For the companions of the right [who are]
- 56:39
ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
A company of the former peoples
- 56:40
وَثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And a company of the later peoples
- 56:41
وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left
- 56:42
فِي سَمُومٖ وَحَمِيمٖ
[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water
- 56:43
وَظِلّٖ مِّن يَحۡمُومٖ
And a shade of black smoke
- 56:44
لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Neither cool nor beneficial
- 56:45
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence
- 56:46
وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
And they used to persist in the great violation
- 56:47
وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected
- 56:48
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
And our forefathers [as well]
- 56:49
قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples
- 56:50
لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day
- 56:51
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ
Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers
- 56:52
لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ
Will be eating from trees of zaqqum
- 56:53
فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ
And filling with it your bellies
- 56:54
فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ
And drinking on top of it from scalding water
- 56:55
فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ
And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels
- 56:56
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense
- 56:57
نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ
We have created you, so why do you not believe
- 56:58
أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ
Have you seen that which you emit
- 56:59
ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ
Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator
- 56:60
نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ
We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
- 56:61
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know
- 56:62
وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember
- 56:63
أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ
And have you seen that [seed] which you sow
- 56:64
ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّـٰرِعُونَ
Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower
- 56:65
لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ حُطَٰمٗا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ
If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder
- 56:66
إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ
[Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt
- 56:67
بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ
Rather, we have been deprived
- 56:68
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱلَّذِي تَشۡرَبُونَ
And have you seen the water that you drink
- 56:69
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ
Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down
- 56:70
لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجٗا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ
If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful
- 56:71
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي تُورُونَ
And have you seen the fire that you ignite
- 56:72
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِـُٔونَ
Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer
- 56:73
نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَمَتَٰعٗا لِّلۡمُقۡوِينَ
We have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers
- 56:74
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great
- 56:75
۞فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ
Then I swear by the setting of the stars
- 56:76
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمࣱ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ
And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great
- 56:77
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانࣱ كَرِيمࣱ
Indeed, it is a noble Qur'an
- 56:78
فِي كِتَٰبٖ مَّكۡنُونٖ
In a Register well-protected
- 56:79
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ
None touch it except the purified
- 56:80
تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds
- 56:81
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ
Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent
- 56:82
وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ
And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]
- 56:83
فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ
Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat
- 56:84
وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذٖ تَنظُرُونَ
And you are at that time looking on
- 56:85
وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ
And Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see
- 56:86
فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ
Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed
- 56:87
تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
Bring it back, if you should be truthful
- 56:88
فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ
And if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah
- 56:89
فَرَوۡحࣱ وَرَيۡحَانࣱ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٖ
Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure
- 56:90
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
And if he was of the companions of the right
- 56:91
فَسَلَٰمࣱ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right
- 56:92
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray
- 56:93
فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ
Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water
- 56:94
وَتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ
And burning in Hellfire
- 56:95
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Indeed, this is the true certainty
- 56:96
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great
Arabic text: The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Translations via Tanzil.net and QuranEnc.