Surah Al-Waqi'ah: Arabic, Transliteration & Translation

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. 56:1

   اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ

   Idzaa waqa'atil waaqi'at(u)

   When the Event will come to pass

2. 56:2

   لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۘ

   Laisa liwaq'atihaa kaadzibatun

   – and then there will be no one to deny its occurrence –

3. 56:3

   خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

   Khaafidhatun raafi'atun

   (a calamitous Event) that shall turn things upside down:

4. 56:4

   اِذَا رُجَّتِ الْاَرْضُ رَجًّاۙ

   Idzaa rujjatil ardhu rajjan

   when the earth will suddenly shake with a terrible shaking,

5. 56:5

   وَّبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّاۙ

   Wabussatil jibaalu bassan

   and the mountains will crumble

6. 56:6

   فَكَانَتْ هَبَاۤءً مُّنْۢبَثًّاۙ

   Fakaanat habaa-an munbats-tsan

   and will scatter abroad into fine dust.

7. 56:7

   وَّكُنْتُمْ اَزْوَاجًا ثَلٰثَةً ۗ

   Wakuntum azwaajan tsalaatsatan

   You shall then become three groups.

8. 56:8

   فَاَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ۗ

   Fa-ashhaabul maimanati maa ashhaabul maimanat(i)

   The People on the Right: and how fortunate will be the People on the Right!

9. 56:9

   وَاَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۗ

   Wa-ashhaabul masyamati maa ashhaabul masyamat(i)

   And the People on the Left: and how miserable will be the People on the Left!

10. 56:10

    وَالسّٰبِقُوْنَ السّٰبِقُوْنَۙ

    Was-saabiquunas-saabiquun(a)

    As for the Foremost, they will be the foremost!

11. 56:11

    اُولٰۤىِٕكَ الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَۚ

    Uula-ikal muqarrabuun(a)

    They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord),

12. 56:12

    فِيْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِ

    Fii jannaatinna'iim(i)

    in the Gardens of Bliss.

13. 56:13

    ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ

    Tsullatun minal au-waliin(a)

    A throng of the ancients,

14. 56:14

    وَقَلِيْلٌ مِّنَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَۗ

    Waqaliilun mina-aakhiriin(a)

    and a few from later times.

15. 56:15

    عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُوْنَةٍۙ

    'Ala sururin maudhuunatin

    They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches,

16. 56:16

    مُّتَّكِـِٕيْنَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقٰبِلِيْنَ

    Muttaki-iina 'alaihaa mutaqaabiliin(a)

    reclining on them, arrayed face to face;

17. 56:17

    يَطُوْفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُوْنَۙ

    Yathuufu 'alaihim wildaanun mukhalladuun(a)

    immortal youths shall go about them

18. 56:18

    بِاَكْوَابٍ وَّاَبَارِيْقَۙ وَكَأْسٍ مِّنْ مَّعِيْنٍۙ

    Biakwaabin wa-abaariiqa waka'sin min ma'iinin

    with goblets and ewers and a cup filled with a drink drawn from a running spring,

19. 56:19

    لَّا يُصَدَّعُوْنَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنْزِفُوْنَۙ

    Laa yushadda'uuna 'anhaa walaa yunzifuun(a)

    a drink by which their minds will not be clouded nor will it cause drunkenness;

20. 56:20

    وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُوْنَۙ

    Wafaakihatin mimmaa yatakhai-yaruun(a)

    they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose,

21. 56:21

    وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُوْنَۗ

    Walahmi thairin mimmaa yasytahuun(a)

    and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat;

22. 56:22

    وَحُوْرٌ عِيْنٌۙ

    Wahuurun 'iinun

    and there shall be wide-eyed maidens,

23. 56:23

    كَاَمْثَالِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الْمَكْنُوْنِۚ

    Kaamtsaalillu'lu'il maknuun(i)

    beautiful as pearls hidden in their shells.

24. 56:24

    جَزَاۤءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ

    Jazaa-an bimaa kaanuu ya'maluun(a)

    All this shall be theirs as a reward for their deeds.

25. 56:25

    لَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ فِيْهَا لَغْوًا وَّلَا تَأْثِيْمًاۙ

    Laa yasma'uuna fiihaa laghwan walaa ta'tsiiman

    There they shall hear no idle talk nor any sinful speech.

26. 56:26

    اِلَّا قِيْلًا سَلٰمًا سَلٰمًا

    Ilaa qiilaa salaaman salaaman

    All talk will be sound and upright.

27. 56:27

    وَاَصْحٰبُ الْيَمِينِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الْيَمِيْنِۗ

    Wa-ashhaabul yamiini maa ashhaabul yamiin(i)

    As for the People on the Right, how fortunate shall be the people on the Right!

28. 56:28

    فِيْ سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُوْدٍۙ

    Fii sidrin makhdhuudin

    They shall be in the midst of thornless lote trees,

29. 56:29

    وَّطَلْحٍ مَّنْضُوْدٍۙ

    Wathalhin mandhuudin

    and flower-clad acacias,

30. 56:30

    وَّظِلٍّ مَّمْدُوْدٍۙ

    Wazhillin mamduudin

    and extended shade,

31. 56:31

    وَّمَاۤءٍ مَّسْكُوْبٍۙ

    Wamaa-in maskuubin

    and gushing water,

32. 56:32

    وَّفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيْرَةٍۙ

    Wafaakihatin katsiiratin

    and abundant fruit,

33. 56:33

    لَّا مَقْطُوْعَةٍ وَّلَا مَمْنُوْعَةٍۙ

    Laa maqthuu'atin walaa mamnuu'atin

    never-ending and unforbidden.

34. 56:34

    وَّفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوْعَةٍۗ

    Wafurusyin marfuu'atin

    They shall be on upraised couches,

35. 56:35

    اِنَّآ اَنْشَأْنٰهُنَّ اِنْشَاۤءًۙ

    Innaa ansya'naahunna insyaa-an

    and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh,

36. 56:36

    فَجَعَلْنٰهُنَّ اَبْكَارًاۙ

    Faja'alnaahunna abkaaran

    and shall have made them virgins,

37. 56:37

    عُرُبًا اَتْرَابًاۙ

    'Uruban atraaban

    intensely loving and of matching age.

38. 56:38

    لِّاَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۗ ࣖ

    Ashhaabil yamiin(i)

    All this will be for the People on the Right;

39. 56:39

    ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۙ

    Tsullatun minal au-waliin(a)

    a large throng from the ancients,

40. 56:40

    وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَۗ

    Watsullatun mina-aakhiriin(a)

    and also a large throng from those of later times.

41. 56:41

    وَاَصْحٰبُ الشِّمَالِ ەۙ مَآ اَصْحٰبُ الشِّمَالِۗ

    Wa-ashhaabusy-syimaali maa ashhaabusy-syimaal(i)

    As for the People on the Left: how miserable will be the People on the Left!

42. 56:42

    فِيْ سَمُوْمٍ وَّحَمِيْمٍۙ

    Fii samuumin wahamiimin

    They will be in the midst of scorching wind and boiling water,

43. 56:43

    وَّظِلٍّ مِّنْ يَّحْمُوْمٍۙ

    Wazhillin min yahmuumin

    and a shade of thick, pitch-black smoke,

44. 56:44

    لَّا بَارِدٍ وَّلَا كَرِيْمٍ

    Laa baaridin walaa kariimin

    which will neither be cool nor soothing.

45. 56:45

    اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِيْنَۚ

    Innahum kaanuu qabla dzalika mutrafiin(a)

    Surely they had lived before in luxury,

46. 56:46

    وَكَانُوْا يُصِرُّوْنَ عَلَى الْحِنْثِ الْعَظِيْمِۚ

    Wakaanuu yushirruuna 'alal hintsil 'azhiim(i)

    and had persisted in the Great Sin.

47. 56:47

    وَكَانُوْا يَقُوْلُوْنَ ەۙ اَىِٕذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَۙ

    Wakaanuu yaquuluuna a-idzaa mitnaa wakunnaa turaaban wa'izhaaman a-innaa lamab'uutsuun(a)

    They used to say: “What! Once we are dead and are reduced to dust and bones, shall we still be raised to a new life from the dead?

48. 56:48

    اَوَاٰبَاۤؤُنَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَ

    Awaaabaa'unaal au-waluun(a)

    (We) and our fore-fathers of yore?”

49. 56:49

    قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ وَالْاٰخِرِيْنَۙ

    Qul innal au-waliina wal-aakhiriin(a)

    Tell them, (O Prophet): “The earlier ones and the later ones

50. 56:50

    لَمَجْمُوْعُوْنَۙ اِلٰى مِيْقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ

    Lamajmuu'uuna ila miiqaati yaumin ma'luumin

    shall all be brought together on an appointed Day.

51. 56:51

    ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ اَيُّهَا الضَّاۤ لُّوْنَ الْمُكَذِّبُوْنَۙ

    Tsumma innakum ai-yuhaadh-dhaalluunal mukadz-dzibuun(a)

    Then you, the erring ones and those that gave the lie to the Truth,

52. 56:52

    لَاٰكِلُوْنَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِّنْ زَقُّوْمٍۙ

    Li-aakiluuna min syajarin min zaqquumin

    shall all eat from the Tree of al-Zaqqum,

53. 56:53

    فَمَالِـُٔوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُوْنَۚ

    Famaali-uuna minhaal buthuun(a)

    filling your bellies with it;

54. 56:54

    فَشَارِبُوْنَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيْمِۚ

    Fasyaaribuuna 'alaihi minal hamiim(i)

    and thereupon you shall drink boiling water,

55. 56:55

    فَشَارِبُوْنَ شُرْبَ الْهِيْمِۗ

    Fasyaaribuuna syurbal hiim(i)

    drinking it as thirsty camels do.”

56. 56:56

    هٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّيْنِۗ

    Hadzaa nuzuluhum yaumaddiin(i)

    Thus shall they be entertained on the Day of Recompense.

57. 56:57

    نَحْنُ خَلَقْنٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُوْنَ

    Nahnu khalaqnaakum falaulaa tushaddiquun(a)

    We have created you, then why would you not confirm it?

58. 56:58

    اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تُمْنُوْنَۗ

    Afara-aitum maa tumnuun(a)

    Did you ever consider the sperm that you emit?

59. 56:59

    ءَاَنْتُمْ تَخْلُقُوْنَهٗٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْخَالِقُوْنَ

    Aantum takhluquunahu am nahnul khaaliquun(a)

    Do you create a child out of it, or are We its creators?

60. 56:60

    نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوْقِيْنَۙ

    Nahnu qaddarnaa bainakumul mauta wamaa nahnu bimasbuuqiin(a)

    It is We Who ordained death upon you and We are not to be frustrated.

61. 56:61

    عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُّبَدِّلَ اَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنْشِئَكُمْ فِيْ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ

    'Ala an nubaddila amtsaalakum wanunsyi-akum fii maa laa ta'lamuun(a)

    Had We so wished, nothing could have hindered Us from replacing you by others like yourselves, or transforming you into beings you know nothing about.

62. 56:62

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُوْلٰى فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ

    Walaqad 'alimtumunnasyatal aula falaulaa tadzakkaruun(a)

    You are well aware of the first creation; then, do you learn no lesson from it?

63. 56:63

    اَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تَحْرُثُوْنَۗ

    Afara-aitum maa tahrutsuun(a)

    Have you considered the seeds you till?

64. 56:64

    ءَاَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُوْنَهٗٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الزَّارِعُوْنَ

    Aantum tazra'uunahu am nahnuzzaari'uun(a)

    Is it you or We Who make them grow?

65. 56:65

    لَوْ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلْنٰهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُوْنَۙ

    Lau nasyaa-u laja'alnaahu huthaaman fazhaltum tafakkahuun(a)

    If We so wished, We could have reduced your harvest to rubble, and you would have been left wonder-struck to exclaim:

66. 56:66

    اِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُوْنَۙ

    Innaa lamughramuun(a)

    “We have been penalised;

67. 56:67

    بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُوْمُوْنَ

    Bal nahnu mahruumuun(a)

    nay; we have been undone!”

68. 56:68

    اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ الْمَاۤءَ الَّذِيْ تَشْرَبُوْنَۗ

    Afara-aitumul maa-al-ladzii tasyrabuun(a)

    Did you cast a good look at the water that you drink?

69. 56:69

    ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْزَلْتُمُوْهُ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْزِلُوْنَ

    Aantum anzaltumuuhu minal muzni am nahnul munziluun(a)

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

70. 56:70

    لَوْ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلْنٰهُ اُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُوْنَ

    Lau nasyaa-u ja'alnaahu ujaajan falaulaa tasykuruun(a)

    If We had so pleased, We could have made it bitter. So why would you not give thanks?

71. 56:71

    اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ النَّارَ الَّتِيْ تُوْرُوْنَۗ

    Afara-aitumun-naarallatii tuuruun(a)

    Did you consider the fire which you kindle?

72. 56:72

    ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْشِـُٔوْنَ

    Aantum ansya'tum syajaratahaa am nahnul munsyi-uun(a)

    Did you make its tree grow or was it We Who made it grow?

73. 56:73

    نَحْنُ جَعَلْنٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَّمَتَاعًا لِّلْمُقْوِيْنَۚ

    Nahnu ja'alnaahaa tadzkiratan wamataa'al(n)-lilmuqwiin(a)

    We made it a reminder and a provision for the needy.

74. 56:74

    فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ࣖ

    Fasabbih biismi rabbikal 'azhiim(i)

    Glorify, then, (O Prophet), the name of your Great Lord.

75. 56:75

    فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِمَوٰقِعِ النُّجُوْمِ

    Falaa uqsimu bimawaaqi'innujuum(i)

    No! I swear by the positions of the stars –

76. 56:76

    وَاِنَّهٗ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عَظِيْمٌۙ

    Wa-innahu laqasamun lau ta'lamuuna 'azhiimun

    and this is indeed a mighty oath, if only you knew –

77. 56:77

    اِنَّهٗ لَقُرْاٰنٌ كَرِيْمٌۙ

    Innahu laquraanun kariimun

    that this indeed is a noble Qur'an,

78. 56:78

    فِيْ كِتٰبٍ مَّكْنُوْنٍۙ

    Fii kitaabin maknuunin

    inscribed in a well-guarded Book,

79. 56:79

    لَّا يَمَسُّهٗٓ اِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُوْنَۙ

    Laa yamassuhu ilaal muthahharuun(a)

    which none but the pure may touch;

80. 56:80

    تَنْزِيْلٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

    Tanziilun min rabbil 'aalamiin(a)

    a revelation from the Lord of the Universe.

81. 56:81

    اَفَبِهٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ اَنْتُمْ مُّدْهِنُوْنَ

    Afabihadzaal hadiitsi antum mudhinuun(a)

    Do you, then, take this discourse in light esteem,

82. 56:82

    وَتَجْعَلُوْنَ رِزْقَكُمْ اَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ

    Wataj'aluuna rizqakum annakum tukadz-dzibuun(a)

    and your portion in it is simply that you denounce it as false?

83. 56:83

    فَلَوْلَآ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُوْمَۙ

    Falaulaa idzaa balaghatil hulquum(a)

    Why, then, when the soul leaps up to the throat,

84. 56:84

    وَاَنْتُمْ حِيْنَىِٕذٍ تَنْظُرُوْنَۙ

    Wa-antum hiina-idzin tanzhuruun(a)

    the while you are helplessly watching that he is on the verge of death,

85. 56:85

    وَنَحْنُ اَقْرَبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ لَّا تُبْصِرُوْنَ

    Wanahnu aqrabu ilaihi minkum walakin laa tubshiruun(a)

    – at that moment when We are closer to him than you, although you do not see (Us)

86. 56:86

    فَلَوْلَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِيْنِيْنَۙ

    Falaulaa in kuntum ghaira madiiniin(a)

    if you are not subject to anyone's authority,

87. 56:87

    تَرْجِعُوْنَهَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

    Tarji'uunahaa in kuntum shaadiqiin(a)

    why are you then not able to bring them back to life if you are truthful?

88. 56:88

    فَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَۙ

    Fa-ammaa in kaana minal muqarrabiin(a)

    So if he is one of those who are near-stationed (to Allah),

89. 56:89

    فَرَوْحٌ وَّرَيْحَانٌ ەۙ وَّجَنَّتُ نَعِيْمٍ

    Farauhun waraihaanun wajannatu na'iimin

    then happiness and delight and Gardens of Bliss are his.

90. 56:90

    وَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۙ

    Wa-ammaa in kaana min ashhaabil yamiin(i)

    And if he is one of the People on the Right,

91. 56:91

    فَسَلٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ الْيَمِيْنِۗ

    Fasalaamun laka min ashhaabil yamiin(i)

    he will be welcomed by the words: “Peace to you” from the People on the Right.

92. 56:92

    وَاَمَّآ اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ الضَّاۤلِّيْنَۙ

    Wa-ammaa in kaana minal mukadz-dzibiinadh-dhaalliin(a)

    And if he is one of those who give the lie (to this Message) and go astray,

93. 56:93

    فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيْمٍۙ

    Fanuzulun min hamiimin

    then he will be served boiling water,

94. 56:94

    وَّتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيْمٍ

    Watashliyatu jahiimin

    and will be scorched by the Fire.

95. 56:95

    اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الْيَقِيْنِۚ

    Inna hadzaa lahuwa haqqul yaqiin(i)

    That indeed is the absolute truth.

96. 56:96

    فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ࣖ

    Fasabbih biismi rabbikal 'azhiim(i)

    So glorify the name of your Great Lord.

Translation and transliteration are the same texts used in the Al Quran MP3 (Offline) app. Audio: everyayah.com and mp3quran.net.