Surah Waqiah

Verse by verse

1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

   Bismi Allahi ar‑Rahmani ar‑Rahim

   In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

2. 1

   إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

   Idha waqa'ati al‑waqi'ah

   When the event befalleth -

3. 2

   لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

   Laysa liwaq'atiha kadhibah

   There is no denying that it will befall -

4. 3

   خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

   Khafidatun rrafi'ah

   Abasing (some), exalting (others);

5. 4

   إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا

   Idha rujjati al‑ardu rajja

   When the earth is shaken with a shock

6. 5

   وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا

   Wa bussati al‑jibalu bassa

   And the hills are ground to powder

7. 6

   فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا

   Fakanat haba'an mmunbaththa

   So that they become a scattered dust,

8. 7

   وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَٰثَةً

   Wa kuntum azwajan thalathah

   And ye will be three kinds:

9. 8

   فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

   Fa'ashabu al‑maymanati ma ashabu al‑maymanah

   (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?

10. 9

    وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

    Wa ashabu al‑mash'amati ma ashabu al‑mash'amah

    And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand?

11. 10

    وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ

    Wa as‑sabiquna as‑sabiqun

    And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:

12. 11

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

    Ula'ika al‑muqarrabun

    Those are they who will be brought nigh

13. 12

    فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    Fi jannati an‑na'im

    In gardens of delight;

14. 13

    ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    Thullatun mmina al‑awwalin

    A multitude of those of old

15. 14

    وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    Wa qalilun mmina al‑akhirin

    And a few of those of later time.

16. 15

    عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ

    Ala sururin mmawdunah

    On lined couches,

17. 16

    مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ

    Muttaki'ina 'alayha mutaqabilin

    Reclining therein face to face.

18. 17

    يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

    Yatufu 'alayhim wildanun mmukhalladun

    There wait on them immortal youths

19. 18

    بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ

    Bi'akwabin wa abariqa wa ka'sin mmin mma'in

    With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring

20. 19

    لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

    La yusadda'una 'anha wa la yunzifun

    Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,

21. 20

    وَفَٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

    Wa fakihatin mimma yatakhayyarun

    And fruit that they prefer

22. 21

    وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    Wa lahmi tayrin mimma yashtahun

    And flesh of fowls that they desire.

23. 22

    وَحُورٌ عِينٌ

    Wa hurun 'in

    And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,

24. 23

    كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

    Ka'amthali al‑lu'lu'i al‑maknun

    Like unto hidden pearls,

25. 24

    جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Jaza'an bima kanu ya'malun

    Reward for what they used to do.

26. 25

    لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

    La yasma'una fiha laghwan wa la ta'thima

    There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination

27. 26

    إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَٰمًا سَلَٰمًا

    Illa qilan salaman salama

    (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.

28. 27

    وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    Wa as‑habu al‑yamini ma as‑habu al‑yamin

    And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?

29. 28

    فِى سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ

    Fi sidrin makhdud

    Among thornless lote-trees

30. 29

    وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ

    Wa talhin mandud

    And clustered plantains,

31. 30

    وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ

    Wa zillin mamdud

    And spreading shade,

32. 31

    وَمَآءٍ مَّسْكُوبٍ

    Wa ma'in maskub

    And water gushing,

33. 32

    وَفَٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ

    Wa fakihatin kathirah

    And fruit in plenty

34. 33

    لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ

    La maqtu'atin wa la mamnu'ah

    Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,

35. 34

    وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

    Wa furushin marfu'ah

    And raised couches;

36. 35

    إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءً

    Inna ansha'nahunna insha'a

    Lo! We have created them a (new) creation

37. 36

    فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

    Faja'alnahunna abkara

    And made them virgins,

38. 37

    عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا

    'Uruban atraba

    Lovers, friends,

39. 38

    لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    Li as‑habi al‑yamin

    For those on the right hand;

40. 39

    ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    Thullatun mina al‑awwalin

    A multitude of those of old

41. 40

    وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    Wa thullatun mina al‑akhirin

    And a multitude of those of later time.

42. 41

    وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

    Wa as‑habu ash‑shimali ma as‑habu ash‑shimal

    And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand?

43. 42

    فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ

    Fi samumin wa hamim

    In scorching wind and scalding water

44. 43

    وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ

    Wa zillin min yahmum

    And shadow of black smoke,

45. 44

    لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

    La baridin wa la karim

    Neither cool nor refreshing.

46. 45

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

    Innahum kanu qabla dhalika mutrafin

    Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury

47. 46

    وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Wa kanu yusirruna 'ala al‑hinthi al-'azim

    And used to persist in the awful sin.

48. 47

    وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

    Wa kanu yaquluna a'idha mitna wa kunna turaban wa 'izaman a'inna lamab'uthun

    And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,

49. 48

    أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

    Awa aba'una al‑awwalun

    And also our forefathers?

50. 49

    قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    Qul inna al‑awwalina wa al‑akhirin

    Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time

51. 50

    لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

    Lamajmu'una ila miqati yawmin ma'lum

    Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.

52. 51

    ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ

    Thumma innakum ayyuha ad‑dalluna al‑mukadhdhibun

    Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,

53. 52

    لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ

    La'akiluna min shajarin min zaqqum

    Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum

54. 53

    فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    Famali'una minha al‑butun

    And will fill your bellies therewith;

55. 54

    فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

    Fasharibuna 'alayhi mina al‑hamim

    And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,

56. 55

    فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

    Fasharibuna shurba al‑him

    Drinking even as the camel drinketh.

57. 56

    هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

    Hadha nuzuluhum yawma ad‑din

    This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.

58. 57

    نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

    Nahnu khalaqnakum falawla tusaddiqun

    We created you. Will ye then admit the truth?

59. 58

    أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

    Afara'aytum ma tumnun

    Have ye seen that which ye emit?

60. 59

    ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    A'antum takhluqunahu am nahnu al‑khaliqun

    Do ye create it or are We the Creator?

61. 60

    نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

    Nahnu qaddarna baynakumu al‑mawta wama nahnu bimasbuqin

    We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,

62. 61

    عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    'Ala an nubaddila amthalakum wanunshi'akum fi ma la ta'lamun

    That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.

63. 62

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Walaqad 'alimtumu an‑nash'ata al‑ula falawla tadhakkarun

    And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect?

64. 63

    أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ

    Afara'aytum ma tahruthun

    Have ye seen that which ye cultivate?

65. 64

    ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

    A'antum tazra'unahu am nahnu az‑zari'un

    Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer?

66. 65

    لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

    Law nasha'u laja'alnahu hutaman fazaltum tafakkahun

    If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:

67. 66

    إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ

    Inna lamughramun

    Lo! we are laden with debt!

68. 67

    بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

    Bal nahnu mahrumun

    Nay, but we are deprived!

69. 68

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

    Afara'aytumu al‑ma'a alladhi tashrabun

    Have ye observed the water which ye drink?

70. 69

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

    A'antum anzaltumuhu mina al‑muzni am nahnu al‑munzilun

    Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder?

71. 70

    لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

    Law nasha'u ja'alnahu ujajan falawla tashkurun

    If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks?

72. 71

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ

    Afara'aytumu an‑nara allati turun

    Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;

73. 72

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

    A'antum ansha'tum shajarataha am nahnu al‑munshi'un

    Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?

74. 73

    نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ

    Nahnu ja'alnaha tadhkiratan wamata'an lilmuqwin

    We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.

75. 74

    فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Fasabbih bismi rabbika al-'azim

    Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.

76. 75

    ۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

    Fala uqsimu bimawaqi'i an‑nujum

    Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -

77. 76

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

    Wa innahu laqasamun law ta'lamuna 'azim

    And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -

78. 77

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ

    Innahu laqur'anun karim

    That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an

79. 78

    فِى كِتَٰبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ

    Fi kitabin maknun

    In a Book kept hidden

80. 79

    لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ

    La yamassuhu illa al‑mutahharun

    Which none toucheth save the purified,

81. 80

    تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Tanzilun min Rabbi al-'alamin

    A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

82. 81

    أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ

    Afabihadha al‑hadithi antum mudhinun

    Is it this Statement that ye scorn,

83. 82

    وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    Wa taj'aluna rizqakum annakum tukadhdhibun

    And make denial thereof your livelihood?

84. 83

    فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

    Falawla idha balaghati al‑hulqum

    Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)

85. 84

    وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ

    Wa antum hina'idhin tanzurun

    And ye are at that moment looking

86. 85

    وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

    Wa nahnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walakin la tubsirun

    - And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -

87. 86

    فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

    Falawla in kuntum ghayra madinin

    Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),

88. 87

    تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Tarji'unaha in kuntum sadiqin

    Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful?

89. 88

    فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

    Fa'amma in kana mina al‑muqarrabin

    Thus if he is of those brought nigh,

90. 89

    فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ

    Farawhun wa rayhanun wa jannatu na'im

    Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.

91. 90

    وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    Wa amma in kana min ashabi al‑yamin

    And if he is of those on the right hand,

92. 91

    فَسَلَٰمٌ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    Fasalamun laka min ashabi al‑yamin

    Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.

93. 92

    وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

    Wa amma in kana mina al‑mukadhdhibina ad‑dallin

    But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,

94. 93

    فَنُزُلٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ

    Fanuzulun min hamim

    Then the welcome will be boiling water

95. 94

    وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ

    Wa tasliyatu jahim

    And roasting at hell-fire.

96. 95

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

    Inna hadha lahuwa haqqu al‑yaqin

    Lo! this is certain truth.

97. 96

    فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Fasabbih bismi Rabbika al-'azim

    Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.

Text: The Qur'an, Arabic text in the Uthmani script (reading of Hafs from Asim). Meaning: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930. Copied word for word from the edition named here

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