The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming — Maulana Muhammad Ali Translation

56:1

۞ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When the Event comes to pass -

idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

56:2

لَیۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۝٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

There is no belying its coming to pass -

laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatu

56:3

خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ ۝٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Abasing (some), exalting (others) -

khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatu

56:4

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجࣰّا ۝٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When the earth is shaken with a (severe) shaking

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajja

56:5

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّا ۝٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the mountains are crumbled to pieces

wabussati l-jibālu bassa

56:6

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَاۤءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّا ۝٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So they are as scattered dust

fakānat habāan munbatha

56:7

وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا ثَلَـٰثَةࣰ ۝٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And you are three sorts

wakuntum azwājan thalāthata

56:8

فَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ ۝٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So those on the right hand; how (happy) are those on the right-hand

fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanat

56:9

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ ۝٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those on the left; how (wretched) are those on the left

wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamat

56:10

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ۝١٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the foremost are the foremost -

wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūn

56:11

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ۝١١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

These are drawn nigh (to Allah)

ulāika l-muqarabūn

56:12

فِی جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ۝١٢

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

A multitude from among the first

thullatun mina l-awalīn

56:14

وَقَلِیلࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And a few from among those of later times

waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīn

56:15

عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّوۡضُونَةࣲ ۝١٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

On thrones inwrought

muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīn

56:16

مُّتَّكِءِینَ عَلَیۡهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ۝١٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Reclining on them, facing each other

Muttaki-eena AAalayha mutaqabileena

56:17

یَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ۝١٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Round about them will go youths never altering in age

yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūn

56:18

بِأَكۡوَابࣲ وَأَبَارِیقَ وَكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِینࣲ ۝١٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

With goblets and ewers, and a cup of pure drink -

bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīni

56:19

لَّا یُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا یُنزِفُونَ ۝١٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They are not affected with headache thereby, nor are they intoxicated

lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūn

56:20

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ مِّمَّا یَتَخَیَّرُونَ ۝٢٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And fruits that they choose

wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūn

56:21

وَلَحۡمِ طَیۡرࣲ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٢١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And flesh of fowl that they desire

walaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahūn

56:22

وَحُورٌ عِینࣱ ۝٢٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And pure, beautiful ones

waḥūrun ʿīnu

56:23

كَأَمۡثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ ۝٢٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Like to hidden pearls

ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūn

56:24

جَزَاۤءَۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٢٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

A reward for what they did

jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

56:25

لَا یَسۡمَعُونَ فِیهَا لَغۡوࣰا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمًا ۝٢٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They hear therein no vain or sinful talk -

lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan walā tathīma

56:26

إِلَّا قِیلࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا سَلَـٰمࣰا ۝٢٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But only the saying, Peace! Peace

illā qīlan salāman salāma

56:27

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٢٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those on the right hand; how (happy) are those on the right hand

wa-aṣḥābu l-yamīni mā aṣḥābu l-yamīn

56:28

فِی سِدۡرࣲ مَّخۡضُودࣲ ۝٢٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Amid thornless lote-trees

fī sid'rin makhḍūdi

56:29

وَطَلۡحࣲ مَّنضُودࣲ ۝٢٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And clustered banana-trees

waṭalḥin manḍūdi

56:30

وَظِلࣲّ مَّمۡدُودࣲ ۝٣٠

وَمَاۤءࣲ مَّسۡكُوبࣲ ۝٣١

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِیرَةࣲ ۝٣٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And abundant fruit

wafākihatin kathīrati

56:33

لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةࣲ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةࣲ ۝٣٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Neither intercepted, nor forbidden

lā maqṭūʿatin walā mamnūʿati

56:34

وَفُرُشࣲ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ ۝٣٤

إِنَّاۤ أَنشَأۡنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَاۤءࣰ ۝٣٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely We have created them a (new) creation

innā anshanāhunna inshāa

56:36

فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا ۝٣٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So We have made them virgins

fajaʿalnāhunna abkāra

56:37

عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابࣰا ۝٣٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Loving, equals in age

li-aṣḥābi l-yamīn

56:38

لِّأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٣٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

For those on the right hand

Li-as-habi alyameeni

56:39

ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

A multitude from among the first

thullatun mina l-awalīn

56:40

وَثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٤٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And a multitude from among those of later times

wathullatun mina l-ākhirīn

56:41

وَأَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۝٤١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those on the left hand; how (wretched) are those on the left hand

wa-aṣḥābu l-shimāli mā aṣḥābu l-shimāl

56:42

فِی سَمُومࣲ وَحَمِیمࣲ ۝٤٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

In hot wind and boiling water

fī samūmin waḥamīmi

56:43

وَظِلࣲّ مِّن یَحۡمُومࣲ ۝٤٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And shadow of black smoke

waẓillin min yaḥmūmi

56:44

لَّا بَارِدࣲ وَلَا كَرِیمٍ ۝٤٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Neither cool nor refreshing

lā bāridin walā karīmi

56:45

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ قَبۡلَ ذَ ٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِینَ ۝٤٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely they lived before that in ease

innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīn

56:46

وَكَانُوا۟ یُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٤٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they persisted in the great violation

wakānū yuṣirrūna ʿalā l-ḥinthi l-ʿaẓīm

56:47

وَكَانُوا۟ یَقُولُونَ أَىِٕذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ۝٤٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they used to say: When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be rised

wakānū yaqūlūna a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūn

56:48

أَوَ ءَابَاۤؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ۝٤٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or our fathers of yore

awaābāunā l-awalūn

56:49

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ وَٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝٤٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Say: The ancients and those of later time

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīn

56:50

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِیقَـٰتِ یَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٥٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Will surely be gathered together for the appointed hour of a known day

lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmin maʿlūmi

56:51

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٥١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then shall you, O you who err and deny

thumma innakum ayyuhā l-ḍālūna l-mukadhibūn

56:52

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرࣲ مِّن زَقُّومࣲ ۝٥٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

East of the tree of Zaqqum

laākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmi

56:53

فَمَالِءُونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ۝٥٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And fill (your) bellies with it

famāliūna min'hā l-buṭūn

56:54

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَیۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٥٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then drink after it of boiling water

fashāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīm

56:55

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِیمِ ۝٥٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And drink as drinks the thirsty camel

fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīm

56:56

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ یَوۡمَ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٥٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

This is their entertainment on the day of Requital

hādhā nuzuluhum yawma l-dīn

56:57

نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ۝٥٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

We have created you, why do you not then accept

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūn

56:58

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ ۝٥٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

See you that which you emit

afara-aytum mā tum'nūn

56:59

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٥٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is it you that create it or are We the Creators

a-antum takhluqūnahu am naḥnu l-khāliqūn

56:60

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَیۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ ۝٦٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

We have ordained death among you and We are not to be overcome

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīn

56:61

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَـٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِی مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٦١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

That We may change your state and make you grow into what you know not

walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūn

56:62

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٦٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then mind

Walaqad AAalimtumu alnnash-ata al-oola falawla tathakkaroona

56:63

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ ۝٦٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

See you what you sow

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūn

56:64

ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّ ٰرِعُونَ ۝٦٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is it you that cause it to grow, or are We the Causer of growth

a-antum tazraʿūnahu am naḥnu l-zāriʿūn

56:65

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمࣰا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ ۝٦٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

If We pleased, We would make it chaff, then would you lament

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūn

56:66

إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ ۝٦٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely we are burdened with debt

innā lamugh'ramūn

56:67

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ۝٦٧

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَاۤءَ ٱلَّذِی تَشۡرَبُونَ ۝٦٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

See you the water which you drink

afara-aytumu l-māa alladhī tashrabūn

56:69

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ ۝٦٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Do you bring it down from the clouds, or are We the Bringer

a-antum anzaltumūhu mina l-muz'ni am naḥnu l-munzilūn

56:70

لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهُ أُجَاجࣰا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ ۝٧٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

If We pleased, We could make it saltish; why give you not thanks

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūn

56:71

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِی تُورُونَ ۝٧١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

See you the fire which you kindle

afara-aytumu l-nāra allatī tūrūn

56:72

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَاۤ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِءُونَ ۝٧٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the Producer

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūn

56:73

نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَـٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَمَتَـٰعࣰا لِّلۡمُقۡوِینَ ۝٧٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

We have made it a reminder and an advantage for the wayfarers of the desert

naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wamatāʿan lil'muq'wīn

56:74

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٧٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So glorify the name of thy Lord, the Incomparably Great

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

56:75

۞ فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَ ٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٧٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But nay, I swear by revelation of portions (of the Qur’an)! -

falā uq'simu bimawāqiʿi l-nujūm

56:76

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمࣱ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِیمٌ ۝٧٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And it is a great oath indeed, if you knew -

wa-innahu laqasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmu

56:77

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانࣱ كَرِیمࣱ ۝٧٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely it is a bounteous Qur’an

innahu laqur'ānun karīmu

56:78

فِی كِتَـٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ ۝٧٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

In a book that is protected

fī kitābin maknūni

56:79

لَّا یَمَسُّهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ ۝٧٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Which none touches save the purified ones

lā yamassuhu illā l-muṭaharūn

56:80

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٨٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

A revelation from the Lord of the worlds

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

56:81

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ ۝٨١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is it this announcement that you disdain

afabihādhā l-ḥadīthi antum mud'hinūn

56:82

وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝٨٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And make your denial your means of subsistence

watajʿalūna riz'qakum annakum tukadhibūn

56:83

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ ۝٨٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Why is it not then that when it comes up to the throat

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūm

56:84

وَأَنتُمۡ حِینَىِٕذࣲ تَنظُرُونَ ۝٨٤

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And you at that time look on -

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūn

56:85

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَیۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٨٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We are nearer to it than you, but you see not -

wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūn

56:86

فَلَوۡلَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَیۡرَ مَدِینِینَ ۝٨٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Why then, if you are not held under authority

falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīn

56:87

تَرۡجِعُونَهَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٨٧

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Do you not send it back, if you are truthful

tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīn

56:88

فَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِینَ ۝٨٨

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then if he is one of those drawn nigh (to Allah)

fa-ammā in kāna mina l-muqarabīn

56:89

فَرَوۡحࣱ وَرَیۡحَانࣱ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِیمࣲ ۝٨٩

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then happiness and bounty and a Garden of bliss

farawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿīmi

56:90

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٩٠

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if he is one of those on the right hand

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

56:91

فَسَلَـٰمࣱ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٩١

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then peace to thee from those on the right hand

fasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

56:92

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ۝٩٢

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if he is one of the rejectors, the erring ones

wa-ammā in kāna mina l-mukadhibīna l-ḍālīn

56:93

فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِیمࣲ ۝٩٣

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He has an entertainment of boiling water

fanuzulun min ḥamīmi

56:94

وَتَصۡلِیَةُ جَحِیمٍ ۝٩٤

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٩٥

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely this is a certain truth

inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqu l-yaqīn

56:96

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٩٦

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So glorify the name of thy Lord, the Incomparably Great

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

Surah 56. The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming (al-Waqi`ah)

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