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الواقعة
Al-Waqi'ah
The Inevitable96 Verses4 Hadithsmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
✦
56:1
إِذَا
When
وَقَعَتِ
occurs
the Event
When the Occurrence occurs,
56:2
لَيۡسَ
Not
لِوَقۡ عَتِهَا
at its occurrence
كَاذِبَةٌ
٢a denial
There is, at its occurrence, no denial.
56:3
خَافِضَةٌ
Bringing down
raising up
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].1
56:4
إِذَا
When
رُجَّتِ
will be shaken
the earth
رَجًّا
٤(with) a shaking
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
56:5
وَبُسَّتِ
And will be crumbled
the mountains
بَسًّا
٥(with awful) crumbling
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
56:6
فَكَانَتۡ
So they become
هَبَا ٓءً
dust particles
dispersing
And become dust dispersing,
56:7
وَكُنت ُمۡ
And you will become
أَزۡوٰ جًا
kinds
three
And you become [of] three kinds:
56:8
فَأَصۡحَـٰ بُ
Then (the) companions
(of) the right
مَآ
what
أَصۡحَـٰ بُ
(are the) companions
(of) the right
Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?1
56:9
وَأَصۡحَـٰ بُ
And (the) companions
(of) the left
مَآ
what
أَصۡحَـٰ بُ
(are the) companions
(of) the left
And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?1
56:10
وَٱ ل سَّـٰ بِقُونَ
And the foremost
(are) the foremost
And the forerunners, the forerunners1 -
56:11
أُوۡ لَـٰٓ ئِكَ
Those
(are) the nearest ones
Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]
56:12
فِى
In
جَنّ َـٰ تِ
Gardens
(of) Pleasure
In the Gardens of Pleasure,
56:13
ثُلَّةٌ
A company
of
the former (people)
A [large] company of the former peoples
56:14
وَقَلِيلٌ
And a few
of
the later (people)
And a few of the later peoples,
56:15
عَلَىٰ
On
سُرُرٍ
thrones
decorated
On thrones woven [with ornament],
56:16
مُّتَّكِــِٔينَ
Reclining
عَلَيۡهَا
on them
مُتَقَـٰ بِلِي نَ
١٦facing each other
Reclining on them, facing each other.
56:17
يَطُوفُ
Will circulate
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
among them
وِلۡدٰ نٌ
boys
immortal
There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.
56:18
بِأَكۡوَابٍ
With vessels
and jugs
وَكَأۡسٍ
and a cup
from
a flowing stream
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -
56:19
لَّا
Not
يُصَدَّعُونَ
they will get headache
عَنۡهَا
therefrom
وَلَا
and not
يُنز ِفُو نَ
١٩they will get intoxicated
No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -
56:20
وَفَـٰ كِهَةٍ
And fruits
of what
يَتَخَيَّرُو نَ
٢٠they select
And fruit of what they select
56:21
وَلَحۡمِ
And (the) flesh
طَيۡرٍ
(of) fowls
of what
يَشۡتَهُو نَ
٢١they desire
And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.
56:22
وَحُورٌ
And fair ones
عِي نٌ
٢٢(with) large eyes
And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,
56:23
كَأَمۡثَـٰ لِ
Like
pearls
well-protected
The likenesses of pearls well-protected,
56:24
جَزَا ٓءَۢ
A reward
for what
كَانُواۡ
they used (to)
يَعۡمَلُو نَ
٢٤do
As reward for what they used to do.
56:25
لَا
Not
يَسۡمَعُونَ
they will hear
فِيهَا
therein
لَغۡوًا
vain talk
and not
تَأۡثِيمًا
٢٥sinful (speech)
They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -
56:26
إِلَّا
Except
قِيلاً
a saying
Peace
Peace
Only a saying [of] peace, peace.
56:27
وَأَصۡحَـٰ بُ
And (the) companions
(of) the right
مَآ
what
أَصۡحَـٰ بُ
(are the) companions
(of) the right
The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
56:28
فِى
Among
سِدۡ رٍ
lote trees
thornless
[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed.
56:29
وَطَلۡحٍ
And banana trees
layered
And [banana] trees layered [with fruit].
56:30
وَظِلٍّ
And shade
extended
And shade extended.
56:31
وَمَا ٓءٍ
And water
poured forth
And water poured out
56:32
وَفَـٰ كِهَةٍ
And fruit
abundant
And fruit, abundant [and varied],
56:33
لَّا
Not
مَقۡ طُوعَةٍ
limited
and not
مَمۡنُوعَةٍ
٣٣forbidden
Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,
56:34
وَفُرُشٍ
And (on) couches
raised
And [upon] beds raised high.
56:35
إِنّ َآ
Indeed, We
أَنش َأۡنَـٰ هُنّ َ
[We] have produced them
إِنش َا ٓءً
٣٥(into) a creation
Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation
56:36
فَجَعَلۡنَـٰ هُنّ َ
And We have made them
أَبۡ كَارًا
٣٦virgins
And made them virgins,
56:37
عُرُبًا
Devoted
أَتۡرَابًا
٣٧equals in age
Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,
56:38
لِّأَصۡحَـٰ بِ
For (the) companions
(of) the right
For the companions of the right [who are]
56:39
ثُلَّةٌ
A company
of
the former people
A company of the former peoples
56:40
وَثُلَّةٌ
And a company
of
the later people
And a company of the later peoples.
56:41
وَأَصۡحَـٰ بُ
And (the) companions
(of) the left
مَآ
what
أَصۡحَـٰ بُ
(are the) companions
(of) the left
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
56:42
فِى
In
سَمُومٍ
scorching fire
and scalding water
[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water
56:43
وَظِلٍّ
And a shade
of
black smoke
And a shade of black smoke,
56:44
لَّا
Not
بَارِدٍ
cool
and not
كَرِي مٍ
٤٤pleasant
Neither cool nor beneficial.
56:45
إِنّ َهُمۡ
Indeed, they
كَانُواۡ
were
قَبۡ لَ
before
ذٰ
that
مُتۡرَفِي نَ
٤٥indulging in affluence
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
56:46
وَكَانُواۡ
And were
يُصِرُّونَ
persisting
عَلَى
in
the sin
the great
And they used to persist in the great violation,1
56:47
وَكَانُواۡ
And they used (to)
يَقُولُونَ
say
أَئِذَا
When
مِتۡنَا
we die
وَكُنّ َا
and become
تُرَابًا
dust
and bones
أَءِنّ َا
will we
لَمَبۡ عُوثُو نَ
٤٧surely be resurrected
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
56:48
أَوَءَابَا ٓؤُنَا
And also our fathers
former
And our forefathers [as well]?"
56:49
قُلۡ
Say
إِنّ َ
Indeed
the former
وَٱ لۡأَخِرِي نَ
٤٩and the later people
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples
56:50
لَمَجۡ مُوعُونَ
Surely, will be gathered
إِلَىٰ
for
مِيقَـٰ تِ
(the) appointment
يَوۡمٍ
(of) a Day
well-known
Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."
56:51
ثُمّ َ
Then
إِنّ َكُمۡ
indeed you
أَيُّهَا
O those astray
O those astray
the deniers
Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,
56:52
لَأَكِلُونَ
Will surely eat
مِن
from
(the) tree
of
Zaqqum
Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm
56:53
فَمَالِــُٔونَ
Then will fill
مِنۡهَا
with it
the bellies
And filling with it your bellies
56:54
فَشَـٰ رِبُونَ
And drink
عَلَيۡهِ
over it
مِنَ
[from]
the scalding water
And drinking on top of it from scalding water.
56:55
فَشَـٰ رِبُونَ
And will drink
شُرۡبَ
(as) drinking
(of) the thirsty camels
And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.
56:56
هَـٰ ذَا
This
نُزُلُهُمۡ
(is) their hospitality
يَوۡمَ
(on the) Day
(of) Judgment
That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.
56:57
نَحۡنُ
We
خَلَقۡ نَـٰ كُمۡ
[We] created you
فَلَوۡلَا
so why (do) not
تُصَدِّقُو نَ
٥٧you admit the truth
We have created you, so why do you not believe?
56:58
أَفَرَءَيۡتُم
Do you see
what
تُمۡنُو نَ
٥٨you emit
Have you seen that which you emit?1
56:59
ءَأَنت ُمۡ
Is it you
تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ
who create it
أَمۡ
or
نَحۡنُ
(are) We
the Creators
Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?
56:60
نَحۡنُ
We
قَدَّرۡنَا
[We] have decreed
بَيۡنَكُمُ
among you
the death
وَمَا
and not
نَحۡنُ
We
بِمَسۡبُوقِي نَ
٦٠(are) outrun
We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
56:61
عَلَىٰٓ
In
أَن
that
We (will) change
أَمۡثَـٰ لَكُمۡ
your likeness[es]
وَنُنش ِئَكُمۡ
and produce you
فِى
in
مَا
what
لَا
not
تَعۡلَمُو نَ
٦١you know
In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.1
56:62
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
عَلِمۡتُمُ
you know
the creation
the first
فَلَوۡلَا
so why not
تَذَكَّرُو نَ
٦٢you take heed
And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?
56:63
أَفَرَءَيۡتُم
And do you see
what
تَحۡرُثُو نَ
٦٣you sow
And have you seen that [seed] which you sow?
56:64
ءَأَنت ُمۡ
Is it you (who)
تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ
cause it to grow
أَمۡ
or
نَحۡنُ
(are) We
the Ones Who grow
Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?
56:65
لَوۡ
If
نَشَا ٓءُ
We willed
لَجَعَلۡنَـٰ هُ
We (would) surely, make it
حُطَـٰ مًا
debris
then you would remain
تَفَكَّهُو نَ
٦٥wondering
If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,1
56:66
إِنّ َا
Indeed, we
لَمُغۡرَمُو نَ
٦٦surely are laden with debt
[Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt;
56:67
بَلۡ
Nay
نَحۡنُ
we
مَحۡرُومُو نَ
٦٧(are) deprived
Rather, we have been deprived."
56:68
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ
Do you see
the water
which
تَشۡرَبُو نَ
٦٨you drink
And have you seen the water that you drink?
56:69
ءَأَنت ُمۡ
Is it you
أَنز َلۡتُمُوهُ
who send it down
مِنَ
from
the rain clouds
أَمۡ
or
نَحۡنُ
We
(are) the Ones to send
Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?
56:70
لَوۡ
If
نَشَا ٓءُ
We willed
جَعَلۡنَـٰ هُ
We (could) make it
أُجَاجًا
salty
then why are you not grateful
تَشۡكُرُو نَ
٧٠then why are you not grateful
If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?
56:71
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ
Do you see
the Fire
which
تُورُو نَ
٧١you ignite
And have you seen the fire that you ignite?
56:72
ءَأَنت ُمۡ
Is it you
أَنش َأۡتُمۡ
who produced
شَجَرَتَهَآ
its tree
أَمۡ
or
نَحۡنُ
We
(are) the Producers
Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?
56:73
نَحۡنُ
We
جَعَلۡنَـٰ هَا
have made it
تَذۡكِرَةً
a reminder
and a provision
for the wayfarers in the desert
We have made it a reminder1 and provision for the travelers,2
56:74
فَسَبِّحۡ
So glorify
بِٱ سۡمِ
(the) name
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
the Most Great
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
56:75
۞فَلَآ
But nay
أُقۡ سِمُ
I swear
بِمَوٰ
by setting
(of) the stars
Then I swear by the setting of the stars,1
56:76
وَإِنّ َهُۥ
And indeed, it
لَقَسَمٌ
(is) surely an oath
if
تَعۡلَمُونَ
you know
عَظِي مٌ
٧٦great
And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.
56:77
إِنّ َهُۥ
Indeed, it
لَقُرۡءَانٌ
(is) surely, a Quran
noble
Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.
56:78
فِى
In
كِتَـٰ بٍ
a Book
well-guarded
In a Register well-protected;1.
56:79
لَّا
None
يَمَسُّهُۥٓ
touch it
إِلَّا
except
the purified
None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].
56:80
تَنز ِيلٌ
A Revelation
from
(the) Lord
(of) the worlds
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
56:81
أَفَبِهَـٰ ذَا
Then is it to this
statement
أَنت ُم
that you
(are) indifferent
Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent
56:82
وَتَجۡ عَلُونَ
And you make
رِزۡقَكُمۡ
your provision
أَنّ َكُمۡ
that you
تُكَذِّبُو نَ
٨٢deny
And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?
56:83
فَلَوۡلَآ
Then why not
إِذَا
when
بَلَغَتِ
it reaches
the throat
Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat
56:84
وَأَنت ُمۡ
And you
حِينَئِذٍ
(at) that time
look on
And you are at that time looking on -
56:85
وَنَحۡنُ
And We
أَقۡ رَبُ
(are) nearer
إِلَيۡهِ
to him
مِنك ُمۡ
than you
وَلَـٰ كِن
but
you (do) not see
تُبۡ صِرُو نَ
٨٥you (do) not see
And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -
56:86
فَلَوۡلَآ
Then why not
إِن
if
you are
غَيۡرَ
not
مَدِينِي نَ
٨٦to be recompensed
Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,
56:87
تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ
Bring it back
إِن
if
you are
صَـٰ دِقِي نَ
٨٧truthful
Bring it back,1 if you should be truthful?
56:88
فَأَمّ َآ
Then
إِن
if
he was
مِنَ
of
those brought near
And if he [i.e., the deceased] was of those brought near [to Allāh],
56:89
فَرَوۡحٌ
Then rest
and bounty
and a Garden
نَعِي مٍ
٨٩(of) Pleasure
Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.
56:90
وَأَمّ َآ
And
إِن
if
he was
مِنۡ
of
أَصۡحَـٰ بِ
(the) companions
(of) the right
And if he was of the companions of the right,
56:91
فَسَلَـٰ مٌ
Then, peace
for you
مِنۡ
[from]
أَصۡحَـٰ بِ
(the) companions
(of) the right
Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right."
56:92
وَأَمّ َآ
But
إِن
if
he was
مِنَ
of
the deniers
the astray
But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray,
56:93
فَنُزُلٌ
Then, hospitality
of
حَمِي مٍ
٩٣(the) scalding water
Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water
56:94
وَتَصۡلِيَةُ
And burning
جَحِي مٍ
٩٤(in) Hellfire
And burning in Hellfire.
56:95
إِنّ َ
Indeed
هَـٰ ذَا
this
لَهُوَ
surely, it
حَقُّ
(is the) truth
certain
Indeed, this is the true certainty,
56:96
فَسَبِّحۡ
So glorify
بِٱ سۡمِ
(the) name
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
the Most Great
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
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Protection Against Poverty and Hardship
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (RA) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever recites Surah Al-Waqi'ah every night will never be afflicted by poverty.' (Bayhaqi, Ibn Asakir).
Bringer of Sustenance and Barakah
Classical scholars and righteous predecessors regularly recited Surah Al-Waqi'ah each night after Maghrib or Isha as a source of divine provision and peace of mind.
Vivid Descriptions of the Three Groups on Judgment Day
Surah Al-Waqi'ah clearly categorizes humanity into the Foremost (As-Sabiqun), the Companions of the Right (Ashab al-Yameen), and the Companions of the Left (Ashab ash-Shimal).
FAQ
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When is the best time to recite Surah Al-Waqi'ah?
The established Sunnah practice is to recite Surah Al-Waqi'ah every night, typically after Maghrib prayer or before sleeping.
What does 'Al-Waqi'ah' mean?
Al-Waqi'ah translates to 'The Inevitable' or 'The Great Event', referring to the undeniable reality of the Day of Resurrection.
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