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Surah Al-Waqi'ah

الواقعة · The Inevitable · Meccan · 96 verses

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

56:1

اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ ۝١

Iżā waqo‘atil-wāqi‘ah

1. When the inevitable occurs.

56:2

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۘ ۝٢

Laisa liwaq‘atihā kāżibah

2. Of its occurrence, there is no denial.

56:3

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ ۝٣

Khōfiḍotur rōfi‘ah

3. Bringing low, raising high.

56:4

اِذَا رُجَّتِ الْاَرْضُ رَجًّاۙ ۝٤

Iżā rujjatil-arḍu rojjā

4. When the earth is shaken with a shock.

56:5

وَّبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّاۙ ۝٥

Wa bussatil-jibālu bassā

5. And the mountains are crushed and crumbled.

56:6

فَكَانَتْ هَبَاۤءً مُّنْۢبَثًّاۙ ۝٦

Fa kānat habā-am mumbaṡṡā

6. And they become scattered dust.

56:7

وَّكُنْتُمْ اَزْوَاجًا ثَلٰثَةً ۗ ۝٧

Wa kuntum azwājan ṡalāṡah

7. And you become three classes.

56:8

فَاَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ۗ ۝٨

Fa aṣḥābul-maimanah, mā aṣḥābul-maimanah

8. Those on the Right—what of those on the Right?

56:9

وَاَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۗ ۝٩

Wa aṣḥābul-masy'amah, mā aṣḥābul-masy'amah

9. And those on the Left—what of those on the Left?

56:10

وَالسّٰبِقُوْنَ السّٰبِقُوْنَۙ ۝١٠

Was-sābiqūnas-sābiqūn

10. And the forerunners, the forerunners.

56:11

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَۚ ۝١١

Ulā-ikal-muqorrobūn

11. Those are the nearest.

56:12

فِيْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِ ۝١٢

Fī jannātin-na‘īm

12. In the Gardens of Bliss.

56:13

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ ۝١٣

Ṡullatum minal-awwalīn

13. A throng from the ancients.

56:14

وَقَلِيْلٌ مِّنَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَۗ ۝١٤

Wa qolīlum minal-ākhirīn

14. And a small band from the latecomers.

56:15

عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُوْنَةٍۙ ۝١٥

‘Alā sururim mauḍūnah

15. On luxurious furnishings.

56:16

مُّتَّكِـِٕيْنَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقٰبِلِيْنَ ۝١٦

Muttaki'īna ‘alaihā mutaqōbilīn

16. Reclining on them, facing one another.

56:17

يَطُوْفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُوْنَۙ ۝١٧

Yaṭūfu ‘alaihim wildānum mukholladūn

17. Serving them will be immortalized youth.

56:18

بِاَكْوَابٍ وَّاَبَارِيْقَۙ وَكَأْسٍ مِّنْ مَّعِيْنٍۙ ۝١٨

Bi'akwābiw wa abārīq, wa ka'sim mim ma‘īn

18. With cups, pitchers, and sparkling drinks.

56:19

لَّا يُصَدَّعُوْنَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنْزِفُوْنَۙ ۝١٩

Lā yuṣodda‘ūna ‘anhā wa lā yunzifūn

19. Causing them neither headache, nor intoxication.

56:20

وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُوْنَۙ ۝٢٠

Wa fākihatim mimmā yatakhoyyarūn

20. And fruits of their choice.

56:21

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُوْنَۗ ۝٢١

Wa laḥmi ṭoirim mimmā yasytahūn

21. And meat of birds that they may desire.

56:22

وَحُوْرٌ عِيْنٌۙ ۝٢٢

Wa ḥūrun ‘īn

22. And lovely companions.

56:23

كَاَمْثَالِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الْمَكْنُوْنِۚ ۝٢٣

Ka'amṡālil-lu'lu'il-maknūn

23. The likenesses of treasured pearls.

56:24

جَزَاۤءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝٢٤

Jazā-am bimā kānū ya‘malūn

24. As a reward for what they used to do.

56:25

لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ فِيْهَا لَغْوًا وَّلَا تَأْثِيْمًاۙ ۝٢٥

Lā yasma‘ūna fīhā laghwaw wa lā ta'ṡīmā

25. Therein they will hear no nonsense, and no accusations.

56:26

اِلَّا قِيْلًا سَلٰمًا سَلٰمًا ۝٢٦

Illā qīlan salāman salāmā

26. But only the greeting: “Peace, peace.”

56:27

وَاَصْحٰبُ الْيَمِيْنِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْيَمِيْنِۗ ۝٢٧

Wa aṣḥābul-yamīn, mā aṣḥābul-yamīn

27. And those on the Right—what of those on the Right?

56:28

فِيْ سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُوْدٍۙ ۝٢٨

Fī sidrim makhḍūd

28. In lush orchards.

56:29

وَّطَلْحٍ مَّنْضُوْدٍۙ ۝٢٩

Wa ṭolḥim manḍūd

29. And sweet-smelling plants.

56:30

وَّظِلٍّ مَّمْدُوْدٍۙ ۝٣٠

Wa ẓillim mamdūd

30. And extended shade.

56:31

وَّمَاۤءٍ مَّسْكُوْبٍۙ ۝٣١

Wa mā-im maskūb

31. And outpouring water.

56:32

وَّفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيْرَةٍۙ ۝٣٢

Wa fākihatin kaṡīroh

32. And abundant fruit.

56:33

لَّا مَقْطُوْعَةٍ وَّلَا مَمْنُوْعَةٍۙ ۝٣٣

Lā maqṭū‘atiw wa lā mamnū‘ah

33. Neither withheld, nor forbidden.

56:34

وَّفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوْعَةٍۗ ۝٣٤

Wa furusyim marfū‘ah

34. And uplifted mattresses.

56:35

اِنَّآ اَنْشَأْنٰهُنَّ اِنْشَاۤءًۙ ۝٣٥

Innā ansya'nāhunna insyā-ā

35. We have created them of special creation.

56:36

فَجَعَلْنٰهُنَّ اَبْكَارًاۙ ۝٣٦

Faja‘alnāhunna abkārō

36. And made them virgins.

56:37

عُرُبًا اَتْرَابًاۙ ۝٣٧

‘Uruban atrōbā

37. Tender and un-aging.

56:38

لِّاَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۗ ۝٣٨

Li'aṣḥābil-yamīn

38. For those on the Right.

56:39

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ ۝٣٩

Ṡullatum minal-awwalīn

39. A throng from the ancients.

56:40

وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَۗ ࣖ ۝٤٠

Wa ṡullatum minal-ākhirīn

40. And a throng from the latecomers.

56:41

وَاَصْحٰبُ الشِّمَالِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الشِّمَالِۗ ۝٤١

Wa aṣḥābusy-syimāl, mā aṣḥābusy-syimāl

41. And those on the Left—what of those on the Left?

56:42

فِيْ سَمُوْمٍ وَّحَمِيْمٍۙ ۝٤٢

Fī samūmiw wa ḥamīm

42. Amid searing wind and boiling water.

56:43

وَّظِلٍّ مِّنْ يَّحْمُوْمٍۙ ۝٤٣

Wa ẓillim miy yaḥmūm

43. And a shadow of thick smoke.

56:44

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَّلَا كَرِيْمٍ ۝٤٤

Lā bāridiw wa lā karīm

44. Neither cool, nor refreshing.

56:45

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِيْنَۚ ۝٤٥

Innahum kānū qobla żālika mutrofīn

45. They had lived before that in luxury.

56:46

وَكَانُوْا يُصِرُّوْنَ عَلَى الْحِنْثِ الْعَظِيْمِۚ ۝٤٦

Wa kānū yuṣirrūna ‘alal-ḥinṡil-‘aẓīm

46. And they used to persist in immense wrongdoing.

56:47

وَكَانُوْا يَقُوْلُوْنَ ەۙ اَىِٕذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَۙ ۝٤٧

Wa kānū yaqūlūn, a'iżā mitnā wa kunnā turōbaw wa ‘iẓōman a'innā lamab‘ūṡūn

47. And they used to say, “When we are dead and turned into dust and bones, are we to be resurrected?

56:48

اَوَاٰبَاۤؤُنَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَ ۝٤٨

Awa'ābā-unal-awwalūn

48. And our ancient ancestors too?”

56:49

قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ وَالْاٰخِرِيْنَۙ ۝٤٩

Qul innal-awwalīna wal-ākhirīn

49. Say, “The first and the last.

56:50

لَمَجْمُوْعُوْنَۙ اِلٰى مِيْقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ ۝٥٠

Lamajmū‘ūn, ilā mīqōti yaumim ma‘lūm

50. Will be gathered for the appointment of a familiar Day.”

56:51

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ اَيُّهَا الضَّاۤ لُّوْنَ الْمُكَذِّبُوْنَۙ ۝٥١

Ṡumma innakum ayyuhaḍ-ḍōllūnal-mukaż-żibūn

51. Then you, you misguided, who deny the truth.

56:52

لَاٰكِلُوْنَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِّنْ زَقُّوْمٍۙ ۝٥٢

La'ākilūna min syajarim min zaqqūm

52. Will be eating from the Tree of Bitterness.

56:53

فَمَالِـُٔوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُوْنَۚ ۝٥٣

Fa māli'ūna minhal-buṭūn

53. Will be filling your bellies with it.

56:54

فَشٰرِبُوْنَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيْمِۚ ۝٥٤

Fasyāribūna ‘alaihi minal-ḥamīm

54. Will be drinking on top of it boiling water.

56:55

فَشٰرِبُوْنَ شُرْبَ الْهِيْمِۗ ۝٥٥

Fa syāribūna syurbal-hīm

55. Drinking like thirsty camels drink.

56:56

هٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّيْنِۗ ۝٥٦

Hāżā nuzuluhum yaumad-dīn

56. That is their hospitality on the Day of Retribution.

56:57

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُوْنَ ۝٥٧

Naḥnu kholaqnākum falau lā tuṣoddiqūn

57. We created you—if only you would believe!

56:58

اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تُمْنُوْنَۗ ۝٥٨

Afa ro'aitum mā tumnūn

58. Have you seen what you ejaculate?

56:59

ءَاَنْتُمْ تَخْلُقُوْنَهٗٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْخٰلِقُوْنَ ۝٥٩

A'antum takhluqūnahū am naḥnul-khōliqūn

59. Is it you who create it, or are We the Creator?

56:60

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوْقِيْنَۙ ۝٦٠

Naḥnu qoddarnā bainakumul-mauta wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn

60. We have decreed death among you, and We will not be outstripped.

56:61

عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُّبَدِّلَ اَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنْشِئَكُمْ فِيْ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٦١

‘Alā an nubaddila amṡālakum wa nunsyi'akum fī mā lā ta‘lamūn

61. In replacing you with your likes, and transforming you into what you do not know.

56:62

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُوْلٰى فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۝٦٢

Wa laqod ‘alimtumun-nasy'atal-ūlā falau lā tażakkarūn

62. You have known the first formation; if only you would remember.

56:63

اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تَحْرُثُوْنَۗ ۝٦٣

Afaro'aitum mā taḥruṡūn

63. Have you seen what you cultivate?

56:64

ءَاَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُوْنَهٗٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الزّٰرِعُوْنَ ۝٦٤

A'antum tazro‘ūnahū am naḥnuz-zāri‘ūn

64. Is it you who make it grow, or are We the Grower?

56:65

لَوْ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلْنٰهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُوْنَۙ ۝٦٥

Lau nasyā-u laja‘alnāhu ḥuṭōman fa ẓoltum tafakkahūn

65. If We will, We can turn it into rubble; then you will lament.

56:66

اِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُوْنَۙ ۝٦٦

Innā lamughromūn

66. “We are penalized.

56:67

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُوْمُوْنَ ۝٦٧

Bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn

67. No, we are being deprived.”

56:68

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ الْمَاۤءَ الَّذِيْ تَشْرَبُوْنَۗ ۝٦٨

Afa ro'aitumul-mā-al-lażī tasyrobūn

68. Have you seen the water you drink?

56:69

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْزَلْتُمُوْهُ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْزِلُوْنَ ۝٦٩

A'antum anzaltumūhu minal-muzni am naḥnul-munzilūn

69. Is it you who sent it down from the clouds, or are We the Sender?

56:70

لَوْ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلْنٰهُ اُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُوْنَ ۝٧٠

Lau nasyā-u ja‘alnāhu ujājan falau lā tasykurūn

70. If We will, We can make it salty. Will you not be thankful?

56:71

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ النَّارَ الَّتِيْ تُوْرُوْنَۗ ۝٧١

Afa ro'aitumun-nārol-latī tūrūn

71. Have you seen the fire you kindle?

56:72

ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْشِـُٔوْنَ ۝٧٢

A'antum ansya'tum syajarotahā am naḥnul-munsyi'ūn

72. Is it you who produce its tree, or are We the Producer?

56:73

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَّمَتَاعًا لِّلْمُقْوِيْنَۚ ۝٧٣

Naḥnu ja‘alnāhā tażkirotaw wa matā‘al lil-muqwīn

73. We have made it a reminder, and a comfort for the users.

56:74

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ࣖ ۝٧٤

Fa sabbiḥ bismi robbikal-‘aẓīm

74. So glorify the name of your Great Lord.

56:75

فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِمَوٰقِعِ النُّجُوْمِ ۝٧٥

Falā uqsimu bimawāqi‘in-nujūm

75. I swear by the locations of the stars.

56:76

وَاِنَّهٗ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عَظِيْمٌۙ ۝٧٦

Wa innahū laqosamul lau ta‘lamūna ‘aẓīm

76. It is an oath, if you only knew, that is tremendous.

56:77

اِنَّهٗ لَقُرْاٰنٌ كَرِيْمٌۙ ۝٧٧

Innahū laqur'ānun karīm

77. It is a noble Quran.

56:78

فِيْ كِتٰبٍ مَّكْنُوْنٍۙ ۝٧٨

Fī kitābim maknūn

78. In a well-protected Book.

56:79

لَّا يَمَسُّهٗٓ اِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُوْنَۗ ۝٧٩

Lā yamassuhū illal-muṭohharūn

79. None can grasp it except the purified.

56:80

تَنْزِيْلٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٨٠

Tanzīlum mir robbil-‘ālamīn

80. A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

56:81

اَفَبِهٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ اَنْتُمْ مُّدْهِنُوْنَۙ ۝٨١

Afa biḥāżal-ḥadīṡi antum mud-hinūn

81. Is it this discourse that you take so lightly?

56:82

وَتَجْعَلُوْنَ رِزْقَكُمْ اَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ ۝٨٢

Wa taj‘alūna rizqokum annakum tukaż-żibūn

82. And you make it your livelihood to deny it?

56:83

فَلَوْلَآ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُوْمَۙ ۝٨٣

Falau lā iżā balaghotil-ḥulqūm

83. So when it has reached the throat.

56:84

وَاَنْتُمْ حِيْنَىِٕذٍ تَنْظُرُوْنَۙ ۝٨٤

Wa antum ḥīna'iżin tanẓurūn

84. As you are looking on.

56:85

وَنَحْنُ اَقْرَبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ لَّا تُبْصِرُوْنَ ۝٨٥

Wa naḥnu aqrobu ilaihi minkum wa lākil lā tubṣirūn

85. We are nearer to it than you are, but you do not see.

56:86

فَلَوْلَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِيْنِيْنَۙ ۝٨٦

Falau lā in kuntum ghoiro madīnīn

86. If you are not held to account.

56:87

تَرْجِعُوْنَهَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٨٧

Tarji‘ūnahā in kuntum ṣōdiqīn

87. Then bring it back, if you are truthful.

56:88

فَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَۙ ۝٨٨

Fa ammā in kāna minal-muqorrobīn

88. But if he is one of those brought near.

56:89

فَرَوْحٌ وَّرَيْحَانٌ ەۙ وَّجَنَّتُ نَعِيْمٍ ۝٨٩

Fa rouḥuw wa roiḥān, wa jannatu na‘īm

89. Then happiness, and flowers, and Garden of Delights.

56:90

وَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۙ ۝٩٠

Wa ammā in kāna min aṣḥābil-yamīn

90. And if he is one of those on the Right.

56:91

فَسَلٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۗ ۝٩١

Fa salāmul laka min aṣḥābil-yamīn

91. Then, “Peace upon you,” from those on the Right.

56:92

وَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ الضَّاۤلِّيْنَۙ ۝٩٢

Wa ammā in kāna minal-mukaż-żibīnaḍ-ḍōllīn

92. But if he is one of the deniers, the mistaken.

56:93

فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيْمٍۙ ۝٩٣

Fa nuzulum min ḥamīm

93. Then a welcome of Inferno.

56:94

وَّتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيْمٍ ۝٩٤

Wa taṣliyatu jaḥīm

94. And burning in Hell.

56:95

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الْيَقِيْنِۚ ۝٩٥

Inna hāżā lahuwal-ḥaqqul-yaqīn

95. This is the certain truth.

56:96

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ۝٩٦

Fa sabbiḥ bismi robbikal-‘aẓīm

96. So glorify the name of your Lord, the Magnificent.

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Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable) is surah number 56 of the Quran. It has 96 verses and is a Meccan surah. Read the Arabic, transliteration and translation verse by verse or as continuous text; every verse also has its own page.

Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).