Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Event)

Topics in Surah Al-Waqi'ah

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (74 verses)
• Encouragement (Targhib) (21 verses)
• Bequest (Wasiyyah) (21 verses)
• Vying in Good (Musabaqah) (19 verses)
• Divinity (Uluhiyyah) (18 verses)
• Vegetation (Nabat) (15 verses)
• Trees (Shajar) (15 verses)
• Death (Mawt) (14 verses)
• Drinking (Shurb) (14 verses)
• The Soul (Ruh) (12 verses)
• Paradise (Jannah) (11 verses)
• Intoxicants (Khamr) (11 verses)
• Luxury (Taraf) (10 verses)
• Intimidation (Tarhib) (10 verses)
• Hellfire (Nar) (10 verses)

Read Surah Al-Waqi'ah with English translation

1. 56:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

   When that which is coming arrives,

2. 56:2

   لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

   no one will be able to deny it has come,

3. 56:3

   خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ

   bringing low and raising high.

4. 56:4

   إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا

   When the earth is shaken violently

5. 56:5

   وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا

   and the mountains are ground to powder

6. 56:6

   فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا

   and turn to scattered dust,

7. 56:7

   وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ

   then you will be sorted into three classes.

8. 56:8

   فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

   Those on the Right––what people they are!

9. 56:9

   وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

   Those on the Left––what people they are!

10. 56:10

    وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ

    And those in front––ahead indeed!

11. 56:11

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

    For these will be the ones brought nearest to God

12. 56:12

    فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    in Gardens of Bliss:

13. 56:13

    ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    many from the past

14. 56:14

    وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

    and a few from later generations.

15. 56:15

    عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ

    On couches of well-woven cloth

16. 56:16

    مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ

    they will sit facing each other;

17. 56:17

    يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

    everlasting youths will go round among them

18. 56:18

    بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ

    with glasses, flagons, and cups of a pure drink

19. 56:19

    لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

    that causes no headache or intoxication;

20. 56:20

    وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

    [there will be] any fruit they choose;

21. 56:21

    وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    the meat of any bird they like;

22. 56:22

    وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ

    and beautiful companions

23. 56:23

    كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

    like hidden pearls:

24. 56:24

    جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    a reward for what they used to do.

25. 56:25

    لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

    They will hear no idle or sinful talk there,

26. 56:26

    إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا

    only clean and wholesome speech.

27. 56:27

    وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    Those on the Right, what people they are!

28. 56:28

    فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ

    They will dwell amid thornless lote trees

29. 56:29

    وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ

    and clustered acacia

30. 56:30

    وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ

    with spreading shade,

31. 56:31

    وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ

    constantly flowing water,

32. 56:32

    وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ

    abundant fruits,

33. 56:33

    لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ

    unfailing, unforbidden,

34. 56:34

    وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

    with incomparable companions

35. 56:35

    إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ

    We have specially created––

36. 56:36

    فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

    virginal,

37. 56:37

    عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا

    loving, of matching age––

38. 56:38

    لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    for those on the Right,

39. 56:39

    ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    many from the past

40. 56:40

    وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

    and many from later generations.

41. 56:41

    وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

    But those on the Left, what people they are!

42. 56:42

    فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ

    They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water

43. 56:43

    وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ

    in the shadow of black smoke,

44. 56:44

    لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

    neither cool nor refreshing.

45. 56:45

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

    Before, they overindulged in luxury

46. 56:46

    وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    and persisted in great sin,

47. 56:47

    وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

    always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up?

48. 56:48

    أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

    And our earliest forefathers too?’

49. 56:49

    قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

    Say [Prophet], ‘The earliest and latest generations

50. 56:50

    لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

    will all be gathered on a predetermined Day

51. 56:51

    ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ

    and you who have gone astray and denied the truth

52. 56:52

    لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ

    will eat from the bitter tree of Zaqqum,

53. 56:53

    فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    filling your bellies with it,

54. 56:54

    فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

    and drink scalding water,

55. 56:55

    فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

    lapping it like thirsty camels.’

56. 56:56

    هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

    This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgement.

57. 56:57

    نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

    It was We who created you: will you not believe?

58. 56:58

    أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

    Consider [the semen] you eject-

59. 56:59

    ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    do you create it yourselves or are We the Creator?

60. 56:60

    نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

    We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us

61. 56:61

    عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    if We intended to change you and recreate you in a way unknown to you.

62. 56:62

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    You have learned how you were first created: will you not reflect?

63. 56:63

    أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ

    Consider the seeds you sow in the ground-

64. 56:64

    ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

    is it you who make them grow or We?

65. 56:65

    لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

    If We wished, We could turn your harvest into chaff and leave you to wail,

66. 56:66

    إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ

    ‘We are burdened with debt;

67. 56:67

    بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

    we are bereft.’

68. 56:68

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

    Consider the water you drink-

69. 56:69

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

    was it you who brought it down from the rain-cloud or We?

70. 56:70

    لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

    If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful?

71. 56:71

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ

    Consider the fire you kindle-

72. 56:72

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

    is it you who make the wood for it grow or We?

73. 56:73

    نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ

    We made it a reminder, and useful to those who kindle it,

74. 56:74

    فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    so [Prophet] glorify the name of your Lord, the Supreme.

75. 56:75

    ۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

    I swear by the positions of the stars-

76. 56:76

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

    a mighty oath, if you only knew-

77. 56:77

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ

    that this is truly a noble Quran,

78. 56:78

    فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ

    in a protected Record

79. 56:79

    لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ

    that only the purified can touch,

80. 56:80

    تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    sent down from the Lord of all being.

81. 56:81

    أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ

    How can you scorn this statement?

82. 56:82

    وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    And how, in return for the livelihood you are given, can you deny it?

83. 56:83

    فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

    When the soul of a dying man comes up to his throat

84. 56:84

    وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ

    while you gaze on-

85. 56:85

    وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

    We are nearer to him than you, though you do not see Us-

86. 56:86

    فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

    why, if you are not to be judged,

87. 56:87

    تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    do you not restore his soul to him, if what you say is true?

88. 56:88

    فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    If that dying person is one of those who will be brought near to God,

89. 56:89

    فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ

    he will have rest, ease, and a Garden of Bliss;

90. 56:90

    وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    if he is one of those on the Right,

91. 56:91

    فَسَلَٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    [he will hear], ‘Peace be on you,’ from his companions on the Right;

92. 56:92

    وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

    but if he is one of those who denied the truth and went astray,

93. 56:93

    فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ

    he will be welcomed with scalding water.

94. 56:94

    وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ

    He will burn in Hell.

95. 56:95

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

    This is the certain truth:

96. 56:96

    فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    [Prophet], glorify the name of your Lord the Supreme.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.