056surah
Translation by
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran (Change)
Surah Info

إِذَا
وَقَعَتِ
ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ
١

When the Inevitable Event takes place,
لَيۡسَ
لِوَقۡعَتِهَا
كَاذِبَةٌ
٢
then no one can deny it has come.
خَافِضَةٞ
رَّافِعَةٌ
٣
It will debase ˹some˺ and elevate ˹others˺.1
إِذَا
رُجَّتِ
ٱلۡأَرۡضُ
رَجّٗا
٤
When the earth will be violently shaken,
وَبُسَّتِ
ٱلۡجِبَالُ
بَسّٗا
٥
and the mountains will be crushed to pieces,
فَكَانَتۡ
هَبَآءٗ
مُّنۢبَثّٗا
٦
becoming scattered ˹particles of˺ dust,
وَكُنتُمۡ
أَزۡوَٰجٗا
ثَلَٰثَةٗ
٧
you will ˹all˺ be ˹divided into˺ three groups:
فَأَصۡحَٰبُ
ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
مَآ
أَصۡحَٰبُ
ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
٨
the people of the right, how ˹blessed˺ will they be;
وَأَصۡحَٰبُ
ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
مَآ
أَصۡحَٰبُ
ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
٩
the people of the left, how ˹miserable˺ will they be;
وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ
ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ
١٠
and the foremost ˹in faith˺ will be the foremost ˹in Paradise˺.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ
١١
They are the ones nearest ˹to Allah˺,
فِي
جَنَّٰتِ
ٱلنَّعِيمِ
١٢
in the Gardens of Bliss.
ثُلَّةٞ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
١٣
˹They will be˺ a multitude from earlier generations
وَقَلِيلٞ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
١٤
and a few from later generations.
عَلَىٰ
سُرُرٖ
مَّوۡضُونَةٖ
١٥
˹All will be˺ on jewelled thrones,
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ
عَلَيۡهَا
مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ
١٦
reclining face to face.
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