Surah Al-Waqi'ah

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ١

   56:1

   idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

   When the Occurrence occurs,

2. لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ٢

   56:2

   laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun

   There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

3. خَافِضَةٞ رَّافِعَةٌ٣

   56:3

   khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

   It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

4. إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجّٗا٤

   56:4

   idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

   When the earth is shaken with convulsion

5. وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسّٗا٥

   56:5

   wabussati l-jibālu bassan

   And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

6. فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءٗ مُّنۢبَثّٗا٦

   56:6

   fakānat habāan munbathan

   And become dust dispersing,

7. وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ثَلَٰثَةٗ٧

   56:7

   wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan

   And you become [of] three kinds:

8. فَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ٨

   56:8

   fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati

   Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

9. وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ٩

   56:9

   wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati

   And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?

10. وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ١٠

    56:10

    wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna

    And the forerunners, the forerunners -

11. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ١١

    56:11

    ulāika l-muqarabūna

    Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

12. فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ١٢

    56:12

    fī jannāti l-naʿīmi

    In the Gardens of Pleasure,

13. ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ١٣

    56:13

    thullatun mina l-awalīna

    A [large] company of the former peoples

14. وَقَلِيلٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ١٤

    56:14

    waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīna

    And a few of the later peoples,

15. عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّوۡضُونَةٖ١٥

    56:15

    ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin

    On thrones woven [with ornament],

16. مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ١٦

    56:16

    muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna

    Reclining on them, facing each other.

17. يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنٞ مُّخَلَّدُونَ١٧

    56:17

    yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna

    There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.

18. بِأَكۡوَابٖ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينٖ١٨

    56:18

    bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīnin

    With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -

19. لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ١٩

    56:19

    lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūna

    No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -

20. وَفَٰكِهَةٖ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ٢٠

    56:20

    wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūna

    And fruit of what they select

21. وَلَحۡمِ طَيۡرٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ٢١

    56:21

    walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūna

    And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

22. وَحُورٌ عِينٞ٢٢

    56:22

    waḥūrun ʿīnun

    And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

23. كَأَمۡثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ٢٣

    56:23

    ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūni

    The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

24. جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ٢٤

    56:24

    jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

    As reward for what they used to do.

25. لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمًا٢٥

    56:25

    lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīman

    They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -

26. إِلَّا قِيلٗا سَلَٰمٗا سَلَٰمٗا٢٦

    56:26

    illā qīlan salāman salāman

    Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

27. وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ٢٧

    56:27

    wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīni

    The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

28. فِي سِدۡرٖ مَّخۡضُودٖ٢٨

    56:28

    fī sid'rin makhḍūdin

    [They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed.

29. وَطَلۡحٖ مَّنضُودٖ٢٩

    56:29

    waṭalḥin manḍūdin

    And [banana] trees layered [with fruit].

30. وَظِلّٖ مَّمۡدُودٖ٣٠

    56:30

    waẓillin mamdūdin

    And shade extended.

31. وَمَآءٖ مَّسۡكُوبٖ٣١

    56:31

    wamāin maskūbin

    And water poured out

32. وَفَٰكِهَةٖ كَثِيرَةٖ٣٢

    56:32

    wafākihatin kathīratin

    And fruit, abundant [and varied],

33. لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةٖ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةٖ٣٣

    56:33

    lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿatin

    Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

34. وَفُرُشٖ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ٣٤

    56:34

    wafurushin marfūʿatin

    And [upon] beds raised high.

35. إِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءٗ٣٥

    56:35

    innā anshanāhunna inshāan

    Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation

36. فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا٣٦

    56:36

    fajaʿalnāhunna abkāran

    And made them virgins,

37. عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابٗا٣٧

    56:37

    ʿuruban atrāban

    Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

38. لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ٣٨

    56:38

    li-aṣḥābi l-yamīni

    For the companions of the right [who are]

39. ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ٣٩

    56:39

    thullatun mina l-awalīna

    A company of the former peoples

40. وَثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ٤٠

    56:40

    wathullatun mina l-ākhirīna

    And a company of the later peoples.

41. وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ٤١

    56:41

    wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāli

    And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

42. فِي سَمُومٖ وَحَمِيمٖ٤٢

    56:42

    fī samūmin waḥamīmin

    [They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

43. وَظِلّٖ مِّن يَحۡمُومٖ٤٣

    56:43

    waẓillin min yaḥmūmin

    And a shade of black smoke,

44. لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ٤٤

    56:44

    lā bāridin walā karīmin

    Neither cool nor beneficial.

45. إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ٤٥

    56:45

    innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīna

    Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

46. وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ٤٦

    56:46

    wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīmi

    And they used to persist in the great violation,

47. وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ٤٧

    56:47

    wakānū yaqūlūna a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

    And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

48. أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ٤٨

    56:48

    awaābāunā l-awalūna

    And our forefathers [as well]?"

49. قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ٤٩

    56:49

    qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīna

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples

50. لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ٥٠

    56:50

    lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmin

    Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."

51. ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ٥١

    56:51

    thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūna

    Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

52. لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ٥٢

    56:52

    laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmin

    Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

53. فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ٥٣

    56:53

    famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūna

    And filling with it your bellies

54. فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ٥٤

    56:54

    fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīmi

    And drinking on top of it from scalding water.

55. فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ٥٥

    56:55

    fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīmi

    And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

56. هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ٥٦

    56:56

    hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīni

    That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

57. نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ٥٧

    56:57

    naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūna

    We have created you, so why do you not believe?

58. أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ٥٨

    56:58

    afara-aytum mā tum'nūna

    Have you seen that which you emit?

59. ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ٥٩

    56:59

    a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūna

    Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

60. نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ٦٠

    56:60

    naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

    We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

61. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ٦١

    56:61

    ʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi-akum fī mā lā taʿlamūna

    In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.

62. وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ٦٢

    56:62

    walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūna

    And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?

63. أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ٦٣

    56:63

    afara-aytum mā taḥruthūna

    And have you seen that [seed] which you sow?

64. ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ٦٤

    56:64

    a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūna

    Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?

65. لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ حُطَٰمٗا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ٦٥

    56:65

    law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna

    If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,

66. إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ٦٦

    56:66

    innā lamugh'ramūna

    [Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt;

67. بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ٦٧

    56:67

    bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

    Rather, we have been deprived."

68. أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱلَّذِي تَشۡرَبُونَ٦٨

    56:68

    afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūna

    And have you seen the water that you drink?

69. ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ٦٩

    56:69

    a-antum anzaltumūhu mina l-muz'ni am naḥnu l-munzilūna

    Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?

70. لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجٗا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ٧٠

    56:70

    law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna

    If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

71. أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي تُورُونَ٧١

    56:71

    afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūna

    And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

72. ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِـُٔونَ٧٢

    56:72

    a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūna

    Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?

73. نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَمَتَٰعٗا لِّلۡمُقۡوِينَ٧٣

    56:73

    naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīna

    We have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers,

74. فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ٧٤

    56:74

    fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

    So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

75. ۞ فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ٧٥

    56:75

    falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūmi

    Then I swear by the setting of the stars,

76. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٞ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ٧٦

    56:76

    wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmun

    And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.

77. إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانٞ كَرِيمٞ٧٧

    56:77

    innahu laqur'ānun karīmun

    Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

78. فِي كِتَٰبٖ مَّكۡنُونٖ٧٨

    56:78

    fī kitābin maknūnin

    In a Register well-protected;.

79. لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ٧٩

    56:79

    lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūna

    None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].

80. تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٨٠

    56:80

    tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

    [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

81. أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ٨١

    56:81

    afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūna

    Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

82. وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ٨٢

    56:82

    watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūna

    And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?

83. فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ٨٣

    56:83

    falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūma

    Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat

84. وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذٖ تَنظُرُونَ٨٤

    56:84

    wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūna

    And you are at that time looking on -

85. وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ٨٥

    56:85

    wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūna

    And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

86. فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ٨٦

    56:86

    falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīna

    Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

87. تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ٨٧

    56:87

    tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

    Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

88. فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ٨٨

    56:88

    fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīna

    And if he [i.e., the deceased] was of those brought near [to Allāh],

89. فَرَوۡحٞ وَرَيۡحَانٞ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٖ٨٩

    56:89

    farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmin

    Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.

90. وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ٩٠

    56:90

    wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

    And if he was of the companions of the right,

91. فَسَلَٰمٞ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ٩١

    56:91

    fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīni

    Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right."

92. وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ٩٢

    56:92

    wa-ammā in kāna mina l-mukadhibīna l-ḍālīna

    But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray,

93. فَنُزُلٞ مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ٩٣

    56:93

    fanuzulun min ḥamīmin

    Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

94. وَتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ٩٤

    56:94

    wataṣliyatu jaḥīmin

    And burning in Hellfire.

95. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ٩٥

    56:95

    inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīni

    Indeed, this is the true certainty,

96. فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ٩٦

    56:96

    fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

    So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.