Read surah Al-Waaqia

Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ الوَاقِعَةِ

English name

Al-Waaqia

Translation

The Inevitable

Number

56

Ayahs

96

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

۞ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ 

WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass,

2

لَیۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ 

there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass,

3

خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ 

abasing [some], exalting [others]!

4

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجࣰّا 

When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe],

5

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّا 

and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards,

6

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَاۤءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّا 

so that they become as scat­tered dust –

7

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا ثَلَـٰثَةࣰ 

[on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds.

8

فَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ 

Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how [happy] will be they who have attained to what is right!

9

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ 

And there shall be such as will have lost them­selves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil!

10

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ 

But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: