Al-Waaqia

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ﴿1﴾

Izaa waqa'atil waaqi'ah

56:1When the Imminent [Hour] befalls

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ﴿2﴾

Laisa liwaq'atihaa kaazibah

56:2—there is no denying that it will befall—

خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ ﴿3﴾

Khafidatur raafi'ah

56:3[it will be] lowering and exalting.

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا ﴿4﴾

Izaa rujjatil ardu rajjaa

56:4When the earth is shaken violently,

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا ﴿5﴾

Wa bussatil jibaalu bassaa

56:5and the mountains are shattered into bits

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا ﴿6﴾

Fakaanat habaaa'am mumbassaa

56:6and become scattered dust,

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ ﴿7﴾

Wa kuntum azwaajan salaasah

56:7you will be three groups:

فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿8﴾

Fa as haabul maimanati maaa as haabul maimanah

56:8The People of the Right Hand—and what are the People of the Right Hand?!

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿9﴾

Wa as haabul mash'amati maaa as haabul mash'amah

56:9And the People of the Left Hand—and what are the People of the Left Hand?!

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ﴿10﴾

Wassaabiqoonas saabiqoon

56:10And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones:

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿11﴾

Ulaaa'ikal muqarraboon

56:11they are the ones brought near [to Allah],

فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿12﴾

Fee Jannaatin Na'eem

56:12[who will reside] in the gardens of bliss.

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿13﴾

Sullatum minal awwaleen

56:13A multitude from the former [generations]

وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ﴿14﴾

Wa qaleelum minal aa khireen

56:14and a few from the latter ones.

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ ﴿15﴾

'Alaa sururim mawdoonah

56:15On brocaded couches

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ ﴿16﴾

Muttaki'eena 'alaihaa mutaqabileen

56:16reclining on them, face to face.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ﴿17﴾

Yatoofu 'alaihim wildaa num mukkhalladoon

56:17They will be waited upon by immortal youths,

بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ ﴿18﴾

Bi akwaabinw wa abaareeq, wa kaasim mim ma'een

56:18with goblets and ewers and a cup of a clear wine,

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ﴿19﴾

Laa yusadda'oona 'anhaa wa laa yunzifoon

56:19which causes them neither headache nor stupefaction,

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿20﴾

Wa faakihatim mimmaa yatakhaiyaroon

56:20and such fruits as they prefer

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿21﴾

Wa lahmi tairim mimmaa yashtahoon

56:21and such flesh of fowls as they desire,

وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ ﴿22﴾

Wa hoorun'een

56:22and big-eyed houris

كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ ﴿23﴾

Ka amsaalil lu'lu'il maknoon

56:23like guarded pearls,

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿24﴾

Jazaaa'am bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon

56:24a reward for what they used to do.

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا ﴿25﴾

Laa yasma'oona feehaa laghwanw wa laa taaseemaa

56:25They will not hear therein any vain talk or sinful speech,

إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا ﴿26﴾

Illaa qeelan salaaman salaamaa

56:26but only the watchword, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿27﴾

Wa as haabul yameeni maaa as haabul Yameen

56:27And the People of the Right Hand—what are the People of the Right Hand?!

فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ ﴿28﴾

Fee sidrim makhdood

56:28Amid thornless lote trees

وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ ﴿29﴾

Wa talhim mandood

56:29and clustered spathes

وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ ﴿30﴾

Wa zillim mamdood

56:30and extended shade,

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ ﴿31﴾

Wa maaa'im maskoob

56:31and ever-flowing water

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ ﴿32﴾

Wa faakihatin kaseerah

56:32and abundant fruits,

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ ﴿33﴾

Laa maqtoo'atinw wa laa mamnoo'ah

56:33neither inaccessible, nor forbidden,

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ ﴿34﴾

Wa furushim marfoo'ah

56:34and noble spouses.

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ ﴿35﴾

Innaaa anshaanaahunna inshaaa'aa

56:35We have created them with a special creation,

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا ﴿36﴾

Faja'alnaahunna abkaaraa

56:36and made them virgins,

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا ﴿37﴾

'Uruban atraabaa

56:37loving, of a like age,

لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿38﴾

Li as haabil yameen

56:38for the People of the Right Hand.

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿39﴾

Sullatum minal awwa leen

56:39A multitude from the former [generations]

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ﴿40﴾

Wa sullatum minal aakhireen

56:40and a multitude from the latter [ones].

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ﴿41﴾

Wa as haabush shimaali maaa as haabush shimaal

56:41And the People of the Left Hand—what are the People of the Left Hand?!

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ ﴿42﴾

Fee samoominw wa hameem

56:42Amid infernal miasma and boiling water

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ ﴿43﴾

Wa zillim miny yahmoom

56:43and the shadow of a dense black smoke,

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ﴿44﴾

Laa baaridinw wa laa kareem

56:44neither cool nor beneficial.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ﴿45﴾

Innaahum kaanoo qabla zaalika mutrafeen

56:45Indeed they had been affluent before this,

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿46﴾

Wa kaanoo yusirroona 'alal hinsil 'azeem

56:46and they used to persist in the great sin.

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ﴿47﴾

Wa kaanoo yaqooloona a'izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa izaaman'ainnaa lamab'oosoon

56:47And they used to say, ‘What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?!

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿48﴾

Awa aabaaa'unal awwaloon

56:48And our forefathers too?!’

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ ﴿49﴾

Qul innal awwaleena wal aakhireen

56:49Say, ‘Indeed the former and latter generations

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ﴿50﴾

Lamajmoo'oona ilaa meeqaati yawmim ma'loon

56:50will all be gathered for the tryst of a known day.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿51﴾

summa innakum ayyuhad daaalloonal mukazziboon

56:51Then indeed, you, astray deniers,

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ ﴿52﴾

La aakiloona min shaja rim min zaqqoom

56:52will surely eat from the Zaqqum tree

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ﴿53﴾

Famaali'oona minhal butoon

56:53and stuff your bellies with it,

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿54﴾

Fashaariboona 'alaihi minal hameem

56:54and drink boiling water on top of it,

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ ﴿55﴾

Fashaariboona shurbal heem

56:55drinking like thirsty camels.’

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿56﴾

Haazaa nuzuluhum yawmad deen

56:56Such will be the hospitality they receive on the Day of Retribution.

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ﴿57﴾

Nahnu khalaqnaakum falaw laa tusaddiqoon

56:57We created you. Then why do you not acknowledge it?

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ ﴿58﴾

Afara'aytum maa tumnoon

56:58Have you considered the sperm that you emit?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ ﴿59﴾

'A-antum takhluqoo nahooo am nahnul khaaliqoon

56:59Is it you who create it, or are We the creator?

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿60﴾

Nahnu qaddarnaa baina kumul mawta wa maa nahnu bimasbooqeen

56:60We have ordained death among you, and We are not to be outmaneuvered

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿61﴾

'Alaaa an nubaddila amsaalakum wa nunshi'akum fee maa laa ta'lamoon

56:61from replacing you with your likes and recreating you in [a realm] you do not know.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿62﴾

Wa laqad 'alimtumun nash atal oolaa falaw laa tazakkaroon

56:62Certainly you have known the first genesis, then why do you not take admonition?

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ﴿63﴾

Afara'aytum maa tahrusoon

56:63Have you considered what you sow?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ﴿64﴾

'A-antum tazra'oonahooo am nahnuz zaari'ooon

56:64Is it you who make it grow, or are We the grower?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ﴿65﴾

Law nashaaa'u laja'al naahu hutaaman fazaltum tafakkahoon

56:65If We wish, We turn it into chaff, whereat you are left stunned [saying to yourselves,]

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ ﴿66﴾

Innaa lamughramoon

56:66‘Indeed we have suffered loss!

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿67﴾

Bal nahnu mahroomoon

56:67No, we are deprived!’

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ ﴿68﴾

Afara'aytumul maaa'allazee tashraboon

56:68Have you considered the water that you drink?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ ﴿69﴾

'A-antum anzaltumoohu minal muzni am nahnul munziloon

56:69Is it you who bring it down from the rain cloud, or is it We who bring [it] down?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿70﴾

Law nashaaa'u ja'alnaahu ujaajan falaw laa tashkuroon

56:70If We wish We can make it bitter. Then why do you not give thanks?

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ ﴿71﴾

Afara'aytumun naaral latee tooroon

56:71Have you considered the fire that you kindle?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ ﴿72﴾

'A-antum anshaatum shajaratahaaa am nahnul munshi'oon

56:72Was it you who caused its tree to grow, or were We the grower?

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ﴿73﴾

Nahnu ja'alnaahaa tazkira tanw wa mataa'al lilmuqween

56:73It was We who made it a reminder and a boon for the desert-dwellers.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿74﴾

Fasabbih bismi Rabbikal 'azeem

56:74So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme.

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿75﴾

Falaa uqsimu bimaawaa qi'innujoom

56:75I swear by the places where the stars set!

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ﴿76﴾

Wa innahoo laqasamul lawta'lamoona'azeem

56:76And indeed it is a great oath, should you know.

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ ﴿77﴾

Innahoo la quraanun kareem

56:77This is indeed a noble Quran,

فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ ﴿78﴾

Fee kitaabim maknoon

56:78in a guarded Book

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ ﴿79﴾

Laa yamassuhooo illal mutahharoon

56:79—no one touches it except the pure ones—

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿80﴾

Tanzeelum mir Rabbil'aalameen

56:80sent down gradually from the Lord of all the worlds.

أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ ﴿81﴾

Afabihaazal hadeesi antum mudhinoon

56:81What! Do you take lightly this discourse?

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿82﴾

Wa taj'aloona rizqakum annakum tukazziboon

56:82And make your denial of it your vocation?

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ ﴿83﴾

Falaw laaa izaa balaghatil hulqoom

56:83So when it reaches the throat [of the dying person],

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿84﴾

Wa antum heena'izin tanzuroon

56:84and at that moment you are looking on [at his bedside]

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿85﴾

Wa nahnu aqrabu ilaihi minkum wa laakil laa tubsiroon

56:85—and We are nearer to him than you are, though you do not perceive—

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ ﴿86﴾

Falaw laaa in kuntum ghira madeeneen

56:86then why do you not restore it, if you are not subject

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿87﴾

Tarji'oonahaaa in kuntum saadiqeen

56:87[to Divine dispensation], if you are truthful?

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ﴿88﴾

Fa ammaaa in kaana minal muqarrabeen

56:88Then, if he be of those brought near,

فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿89﴾

Farawhunw wa raihaa nunw wa jannatu na'eem

56:89then ease, abundance, and a garden of bliss.

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿90﴾

Wa ammaaa in kaana min as haabil yameen

56:90And if he be of the People of the Right Hand,

فَسَلَٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿91﴾

Fasalaamul laka min as haabil yameen

56:91then [he will be told,] ‘Peace be on you, from the People of the Right Hand!’

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿92﴾

Wa ammaaa in kaana minal mukazzibeenad daaalleen

56:92But if he be of the impugners, the astray ones,

فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ ﴿93﴾

Fanuzulum min hameem

56:93then a treat of boiling water

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ﴿94﴾

Wa tasliyatu jaheem

56:94and entry into hell.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿95﴾

Inna haaza lahuwa haqqul yaqeen

56:95Indeed this is certain truth.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿96﴾

Fasabbih bismi rabbikal 'azeem

56:96So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme!