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Surah 56
الوَاقِعَةِ
سورۃ الوَاقِعَةِ
The Inevitable • Mecca • 96 ayahs
الوَاقِعَةِ
Recitation
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Ayah 56:1
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ١
When the Occurrence occurs,
Ayah 56:2
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ٢
There is, at its occurrence, no denial.
Ayah 56:3
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ٣
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].1
Ayah 56:4
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا٤
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
Ayah 56:5
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا٥
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
Ayah 56:6
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا٦
And become dust dispersing,
Ayah 56:7
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَـٰثَةً٧
And you become [of] three kinds:
Ayah 56:8
فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ٨
Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?1
Ayah 56:9
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ٩
And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?1
Ayah 56:10
وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ١٠
And the forerunners, the forerunners1 -
Ayah 56:11
أُولَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ١١
Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]
Ayah 56:12
فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ١٢
In the Gardens of Pleasure,
Ayah 56:13
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ١٣
A [large] company of the former peoples
Ayah 56:14
وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ١٤
And a few of the later peoples,
Ayah 56:15
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ١٥
On thrones woven [with ornament],
Ayah 56:16
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِينَ١٦
Reclining on them, facing each other.
Ayah 56:17
يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ١٧
There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.
Ayah 56:18
بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ١٨
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -
Ayah 56:19
لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ١٩
No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -
Ayah 56:20
وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ٢٠
And fruit of what they select
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Surah Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable) is a Meccan chapter of the Quran with 96 ayahs. Read the complete Arabic text with Urdu tarjuma (Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari) and English translation (Sahih International) — with ayah-by-ayah links to Urdu tafseer where available.
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