Al-Waqi'ah
الواقعة
The Inevitable · 96 ayahs
- 1
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
When the Event will come to pass
- 2
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ
– and then there will be no one to deny its occurrence –
- 3
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ
(a calamitous Event) that shall turn things upside down:
- 4
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا
when the earth will suddenly shake with a terrible shaking,
- 5
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
and the mountains will crumble
- 6
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا
and will scatter abroad into fine dust.
- 7
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَـٰثَةً
You shall then become three groups.
- 8
فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
The People on the Right: and how fortunate will be the People on the Right!
- 9
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
And the People on the Left: and how miserable will be the People on the Left!
- 10
وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ
As for the Foremost, they will be the foremost!