الواقعة

Al-Waaqia

The Inevitable

Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

56:31

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ
Wa maaa'im maskoob
and gushing water,

56:32

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ
Wa faakihatin kaseerah
and abundant fruit,

56:33

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ
Laa maqtoo'atinw wa laa mamnoo'ah
never-ending and unforbidden.

56:34

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ
Wa furushim marfoo'ah
They shall be on upraised couches,

56:35

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ
Innaaa anshaanaahunna inshaaa'aa
and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh,

56:36

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا
Faja'alnaahunna abkaaraa
and shall have made them virgins,

56:37

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا
'Uruban atraabaa
intensely loving and of matching age.

56:38

لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Li as haabil yameen
All this will be for the People on the Right;

56:39

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Sullatum minal awwa leen
a large throng from the ancients,

56:40

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Wa sullatum minal aakhireen
and also a large throng from those of later times.

56:41

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ
Wa as haabush shimaali maaa as haabush shimaal
As for the People on the Left: how miserable will be the People on the Left!

56:42

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ
Fee samoominw wa hameem
They will be in the midst of scorching wind and boiling water,

56:43

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ
Wa zillim miny yahmoom
and a shade of thick, pitch-black smoke,

56:44

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Laa baaridinw wa laa kareem
which will neither be cool nor soothing.

56:45

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ
Innaahum kaanoo qabla zaalika mutrafeen
Surely they had lived before in luxury,

56:46

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Wa kaanoo yusirroona 'alal hinsil 'azeem
and had persisted in the Great Sin.

56:47

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Wa kaanoo yaqooloona a'izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa izaaman'ainnaa lamab'oosoon
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?

56:48

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
Awa aabaaa'unal awwaloon
(We) and our fore-fathers of yore?”

56:49

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Qul innal awwaleena wal aakhireen
Tell them, (O Prophet): “The earlier ones and the later ones

56:50

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
Lamajmoo'oona ilaa meeqaati yawmim ma'loon
shall all be brought together on an appointed Day.

56:51

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ
summa innakum ayyuhad daaalloonal mukazziboon
Then you, the erring ones and those that gave the lie to the Truth,

56:52

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ
La aakiloona min shaja rim min zaqqoom
shall all eat from the Tree of al-Zaqqum,

56:53

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ
Famaali'oona minhal butoon
filling your bellies with it;

56:54

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Fashaariboona 'alaihi minal hameem
and thereupon you shall drink boiling water,

56:55

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ
Fashaariboona shurbal heem
drinking it as thirsty camels do.”

56:56

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Haazaa nuzuluhum yawmad deen
Thus shall they be entertained on the Day of Recompense.

56:57

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ
Nahnu khalaqnaakum falaw laa tusaddiqoon
We have created you, then why would you not confirm it?

56:58

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ
Afara'aytum maa tumnoon
Did you ever consider the sperm that you emit?

56:59

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ
'A-antum takhluqoo nahooo am nahnul khaaliqoon
Do you create a child out of it, or are We its creators?

56:60

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
Nahnu qaddarnaa baina kumul mawta wa maa nahnu bimasbooqeen
It is We Who ordained death upon you and We are not to be frustrated.
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