Surah Al-Waaqia in Arabic and English
Al-Waaqia is surah 56 of the Quran; it is Meccan and has 96 ayahs. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 27, on pages 534–537. Below are the Arabic text, transliteration and English translation of every ayah.
- Surah 56
- Meccan
- 96 ayahs
- Juz 27 · page 534–537
Surah Al-Waaqia: Arabic, transliteration and translation
Basmala: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖيمِ
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Al-Waaqia 56:1
اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ
TransliterationIthā waqaʿati alwāqiʿatu
TranslationWhen the Occurrence occurs,
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Al-Waaqia 56:2
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌۘ
TransliterationLaysa liwaqʿatihā kāthibatun
TranslationThere is, at its occurrence, no denial.
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Al-Waaqia 56:3
خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌۙ
TransliterationKhāfiḏatun rāfiʿatun
TranslationIt will bring down [some] and raise up [others].
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Al-Waaqia 56:4
اِذَا رُجَّتِ الْاَرْضُ رَجًّاۙ
TransliterationIthā rujjati alarḏu rajjān
TranslationWhen the earth is shaken with convulsion
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Al-Waaqia 56:5
وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّاۙ
TransliterationWabussati aljibālu bassān
TranslationAnd the mountains are broken down, crumbling
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Al-Waaqia 56:6
فَكَانَتْ هَبَٓاءً مُنْبَثًّاۙ
TransliterationFakānat habāan munbaththān
TranslationAnd become dust dispersing.
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Al-Waaqia 56:7
وَكُنْتُمْ اَزْوَاجًا ثَلٰثَةًۜ
TransliterationWakuntum azwājan thalāthatan
TranslationAnd you become [of] three kinds:
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Al-Waaqia 56:8
فَاَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَٓا اَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِؕ
TransliterationFaaṣḥābu almaymanati mā aṣḥābu almaymanati
TranslationThen the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
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Al-Waaqia 56:9
وَاَصْحَابُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَٓا اَصْحَابُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِؕ
TransliterationWaaṣḥābu almashamati mā aṣḥābu almashamati
TranslationAnd the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
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Al-Waaqia 56:10
وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَۙ
TransliterationWaalssābiqoona alssābiqoona
TranslationAnd the forerunners, the forerunners -
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Al-Waaqia 56:11
اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَۚ
TransliterationOlāika almuqarraboona
TranslationThose are the ones brought near [to Allah]
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Al-Waaqia 56:12
فٖي جَنَّاتِ النَّعٖيمِ
TransliterationFee jannāti alnnaʿeemi
TranslationIn the Gardens of Pleasure,
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Al-Waaqia 56:13
ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْاَوَّلٖينَۙ
TransliterationThullatun mina alawwaleena
TranslationA [large] company of the former peoples
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Al-Waaqia 56:14
وَقَلٖيلٌ مِنَ الْاٰخِرٖينَؕ
TransliterationWaqaleelun mina alākhireena
TranslationAnd a few of the later peoples,
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Al-Waaqia 56:15
عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مَوْضُونَةٍۙ
Transliterationʿalā sururin mawḏoonatin
TranslationOn thrones woven [with ornament],
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Al-Waaqia 56:16
مُتَّكِـٖٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَابِلٖينَ
TransliterationMuttakieena ʿalayhā mutaqābileena
TranslationReclining on them, facing each other.
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Al-Waaqia 56:17
يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُخَلَّدُونَۙ
TransliterationYaṭoofu ʿalayhim wildānun mukhalladoona
TranslationThere will circulate among them young boys made eternal
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Al-Waaqia 56:18
بِاَكْوَابٍ وَاَبَارٖيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَعٖينٍۙ
TransliterationBiakwābin waabāreeqa wakasin min maʿeenin
TranslationWith vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -
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Al-Waaqia 56:19
لَا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنْزِفُونَۙ
TransliterationLā yuṣaddaʿoona ʿanhā walā yunzifoona
TranslationNo headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -
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Al-Waaqia 56:20
وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَۙ
TransliterationWafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyaroona
TranslationAnd fruit of what they select
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Al-Waaqia 56:21
وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَؕ
TransliterationWalaḥmi ṭayrin mimmā yashtahoona
TranslationAnd the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.
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Al-Waaqia 56:22
وَحُورٌ عٖينٌۙ
TransliterationWaḥoorun ʿeenun
TranslationAnd [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,
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Al-Waaqia 56:23
كَاَمْثَالِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ۬ الْمَكْنُونِۚ
TransliterationKaamthāli allului almaknooni
TranslationThe likenesses of pearls well-protected,
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Al-Waaqia 56:24
جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
TransliterationJazāan bimā kānoo yaʿmaloona
TranslationAs reward for what they used to do.
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Al-Waaqia 56:25
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فٖيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَاْثٖيمًاۙ
TransliterationLā yasmaʿoona feehā laghwan walā tatheemān
TranslationThey will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -
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Al-Waaqia 56:26
اِلَّا قٖيلًا سَلَامًا سَلَامًا
TransliterationIllā qeelan salāman salāmān
TranslationOnly a saying: "Peace, peace."
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Al-Waaqia 56:27
وَاَصْحَابُ الْيَمٖينِ مَٓا اَصْحَابُ الْيَمٖينِؕ
TransliterationWaaṣḥābu alyameeni mā aṣḥābu alyameeni
TranslationThe companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
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Al-Waaqia 56:28
فٖي سِدْرٍ مَخْضُودٍۙ
TransliterationFee sidrin makhḏoodin
Translation[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed
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Al-Waaqia 56:29
وَطَلْحٍ مَنْضُودٍۙ
TransliterationWaṭalḥin manḏoodin
TranslationAnd [banana] trees layered [with fruit]
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Al-Waaqia 56:30
وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍۙ
TransliterationWathillin mamdoodin
TranslationAnd shade extended
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Al-Waaqia 56:31
وَمَٓاءٍ مَسْكُوبٍۙ
TransliterationWamāin maskoobin
TranslationAnd water poured out
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Al-Waaqia 56:32
وَفَاكِهَةٍ كَثٖيرَةٍۙ
TransliterationWafākihatin katheeratin
TranslationAnd fruit, abundant [and varied],
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Al-Waaqia 56:33
لَا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۙ
TransliterationLā maqṭooʿatin walā mamnooʿatin
TranslationNeither limited [to season] nor forbidden,
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Al-Waaqia 56:34
وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍؕ
TransliterationWafurushin marfooʿatin
TranslationAnd [upon] beds raised high.
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Al-Waaqia 56:35
اِنَّٓا اَنْشَأْنَاهُنَّ اِنْشَٓاءًۙ
TransliterationInnā anshanāhunna inshāān
TranslationIndeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation
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Al-Waaqia 56:36
فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ اَبْكَارًاۙ
TransliterationFajaʿalnāhunna abkārān
TranslationAnd made them virgins,
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Al-Waaqia 56:37
عُرُبًا اَتْرَابًاۙ
Transliterationʿuruban atrābān
TranslationDevoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,
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Al-Waaqia 56:38
لِاَصْحَـابِ الْيَمٖينِؕࣖ
TransliterationLiaṣḥābi alyameeni
TranslationFor the companions of the right [who are]
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Al-Waaqia 56:39
ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْاَوَّلٖينَۙ
TransliterationThullatun mina alawwaleena
TranslationA company of the former peoples
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Al-Waaqia 56:40
وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْاٰخِرٖينَؕ
TransliterationWathullatun mina alākhireena
TranslationAnd a company of the later peoples.
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Al-Waaqia 56:41
وَاَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِۙ مَٓا اَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِؕ
TransliterationWaaṣḥābu alshshimāli mā aṣḥābu alshshimāli
TranslationAnd the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
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Al-Waaqia 56:42
فٖي سَمُومٍ وَحَمٖيمٍۙ
TransliterationFee samoomin waḥameemin
Translation[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water
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Al-Waaqia 56:43
وَظِلٍّ مِنْ يَحْمُومٍۙ
TransliterationWathillin min yaḥmoomin
TranslationAnd a shade of black smoke,
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Al-Waaqia 56:44
لَا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرٖيمٍ
TransliterationLā bāridin walā kareemin
TranslationNeither cool nor beneficial.
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Al-Waaqia 56:45
اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُتْرَفٖينَۚ
TransliterationInnahum kānoo qabla thālika mutrafeena
TranslationIndeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
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Al-Waaqia 56:46
وَكَانُوا يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى الْحِنْثِ الْعَظٖيمِۚ
TransliterationWakānoo yuṣirroona ʿalā alḥinthi alʿatheemi
TranslationAnd they used to persist in the great violation,
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Al-Waaqia 56:47
وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ اَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَۙ
TransliterationWakānoo yaqooloona aithā mitnā wakunnā turāban waʿithāman ainnā lamabʿoothoona
TranslationAnd they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
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Al-Waaqia 56:48
اَوَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا الْاَوَّلُونَ
TransliterationAwa ābāonā alawwaloona
TranslationAnd our forefathers [as well]?"
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Al-Waaqia 56:49
قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَوَّلٖينَ وَالْاٰخِرٖينَۙ
TransliterationQul inna alawwaleena waalākhireena
TranslationSay, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples
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Al-Waaqia 56:50
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ اِلٰى مٖيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ
TransliterationLamajmooʿoona ilā meeqāti yawmin maʿloomin
TranslationAre to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."
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Al-Waaqia 56:51
ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ اَيُّهَا الضَّٓالُّونَ الْمُكَذِّبُونَۙ
TransliterationThumma innakum ayyuhā alḏḏālloona almukaththiboona
TranslationThen indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,
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Al-Waaqia 56:52
لَاٰكِلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِنْ زَقُّومٍۙ
TransliterationLaākiloona min shajarin min zaqqoomin
TranslationWill be eating from trees of zaqqum
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Al-Waaqia 56:53
فَمَالِـؤُ۫نَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَۚ
TransliterationFamālioona minhā albuṭoona
TranslationAnd filling with it your bellies
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Al-Waaqia 56:54
فَشَارِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمٖيمِۚ
TransliterationFashāriboona ʿalayhi mina alḥameemi
TranslationAnd drinking on top of it from scalding water
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Al-Waaqia 56:55
فَشَارِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهٖيمِؕ
TransliterationFashāriboona shurba alheemi
TranslationAnd will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.
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Al-Waaqia 56:56
هٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدّٖينِؕ
TransliterationHāthā nuzuluhum yawma alddeeni
TranslationThat is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.
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Al-Waaqia 56:57
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَࣖ
TransliterationNaḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqoona
TranslationWe have created you, so why do you not believe?
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Al-Waaqia 56:58
اَفَرَاَيْتُمْ مَا تُمْنُونَؕ
TransliterationAfaraaytum mā tumnoona
TranslationHave you seen that which you emit?
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Al-Waaqia 56:59
ءَاَنْتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْخَالِقُونَ
TransliterationAantum takhluqoonahu am naḥnu alkhāliqoona
TranslationIs it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?
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Al-Waaqia 56:60
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقٖينَۙ
TransliterationNaḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu almawta wamā naḥnu bimasbooqeena
TranslationWe have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
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Al-Waaqia 56:61
عَلٰٓى اَنْ نُبَدِّلَ اَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنْشِئَكُمْ فٖي مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Transliterationʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshiakum fee mā lā taʿlamoona
TranslationIn that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.
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Al-Waaqia 56:62
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُو۫لٰى فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
TransliterationWalaqad ʿalimtumu alnnashata aloolā falawlā tathakkaroona
TranslationAnd you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?
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Al-Waaqia 56:63
اَفَرَاَيْتُمْ مَا تَحْرُثُونَؕ
TransliterationAfaraaytum mā taḥruthoona
TranslationAnd have you seen that [seed] which you sow?
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Al-Waaqia 56:64
ءَاَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُٓ اَمْ نَحْنُ الزَّارِعُونَ
TransliterationAantum tazraʿoonahu am naḥnu alzzāriʿoona
TranslationIs it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?
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Al-Waaqia 56:65
لَوْ نَشَٓاءُ لَجَعَلْنَاهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ
TransliterationLaw nashāo lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman fathaltum tafakkahoona
TranslationIf We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,
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Al-Waaqia 56:66
اِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَۙ
TransliterationInnā lamughramoona
Translation[Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt;
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Al-Waaqia 56:67
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
TransliterationBal naḥnu maḥroomoona
TranslationRather, we have been deprived."
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Al-Waaqia 56:68
اَفَرَاَيْتُمُ الْمَٓاءَ الَّذٖي تَشْرَبُونَؕ
TransliterationAfaraaytumu almāa allathee tashraboona
TranslationAnd have you seen the water that you drink?
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Al-Waaqia 56:69
ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْزِلُونَ
TransliterationAantum anzaltumoohu mina almuzni am naḥnu almunziloona
TranslationIs it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?
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Al-Waaqia 56:70
لَوْ نَشَٓاءُ جَعَلْنَاهُ اُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ
TransliterationLaw nashāo jaʿalnāhu ojājan falawlā tashkuroona
TranslationIf We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?
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Al-Waaqia 56:71
اَفَرَاَيْتُمُ النَّارَ الَّتٖي تُورُونَؕ
TransliterationAfaraaytumu alnnāra allatee tooroona
TranslationAnd have you seen the fire that you ignite?
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Al-Waaqia 56:72
ءَاَنْتُمْ اَنْشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَـهَٓا اَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنْشِؤُ۫نَ
TransliterationAantum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu almunshioona
TranslationIs it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?
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Al-Waaqia 56:73
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَاهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَاعًا لِلْمُقْوٖينَۚ
TransliterationNaḥnu jaʿalnāhā tathkiratan wamatāʿan lilmuqweena
TranslationWe have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers,
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Al-Waaqia 56:74
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظٖيمِࣖ
TransliterationFasabbiḥ biismi rabbika alʿatheemi
TranslationSo exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
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Al-Waaqia 56:75
فَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِمَوَاقِـعِ النُّجُومِۙ
TransliterationFalā oqsimu bimawāqiʿi alnnujoomi
TranslationThen I swear by the setting of the stars,
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Al-Waaqia 56:76
وَاِنَّهُ لَقَسَمٌ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظٖيمٌۙ
TransliterationWainnahu laqasamun law taʿlamoona ʿatheemun
TranslationAnd indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.
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Al-Waaqia 56:77
اِنَّهُ لَقُرْاٰنٌ كَرٖيمٌۙ
TransliterationInnahu laqurānun kareemun
TranslationIndeed, it is a noble Qur'an
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Al-Waaqia 56:78
فٖي كِتَابٍ مَكْنُونٍۙ
TransliterationFee kitābin maknoonin
TranslationIn a Register well-protected;
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Al-Waaqia 56:79
لَا يَمَسُّهُٓ اِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَؕ
TransliterationLā yamassuhu illā almuṭahharoona
TranslationNone touch it except the purified.
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Al-Waaqia 56:80
تَنْزٖيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمٖينَ
TransliterationTanzeelun min rabbi alʿālameena
Translation[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
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Al-Waaqia 56:81
اَفَبِهٰذَا الْحَدٖيثِ اَنْتُمْ مُدْهِنُونَۙ
TransliterationAfabihāthā alḥadeethi antum mudhinoona
TranslationThen is it to this statement that you are indifferent
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Al-Waaqia 56:82
وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ اَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ
TransliterationWatajʿaloona rizqakum annakum tukaththiboona
TranslationAnd make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?
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Al-Waaqia 56:83
فَلَوْلَٓا اِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَۙ
TransliterationFalawlā ithā balaghati alḥulqooma
TranslationThen why, when the soul at death reaches the throat
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Al-Waaqia 56:84
وَاَنْتُمْ حٖينَئِذٍ تَنْظُرُونَۙ
TransliterationWaantum ḥeenaithin tanthuroona
TranslationAnd you are at that time looking on -
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Al-Waaqia 56:85
وَنَحْنُ اَقْرَبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
TransliterationWanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tubṣiroona
TranslationAnd Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -
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Al-Waaqia 56:86
فَلَوْلَٓا اِنْ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدٖينٖينَۙ
TransliterationFalawlā in kuntum ghayra madeeneena
TranslationThen why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,
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Al-Waaqia 56:87
تَرْجِعُونَـهَٓا اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقٖينَ
TransliterationTarjiʿoonahā in kuntum ṣādiqeena
TranslationBring it back, if you should be truthful?
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Al-Waaqia 56:88
فَاَمَّٓا اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبٖينَۙ
TransliterationFaammā in kāna mina almuqarrabeena
TranslationAnd if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah,
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Al-Waaqia 56:89
فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعٖيمٍ
TransliterationFarawḥun warayḥānun wajannatu naʿeemin
TranslationThen [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.
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Al-Waaqia 56:90
وَاَمَّٓا اِنْ كَانَ مِنْ اَصْحَابِ الْيَمٖينِۙ
TransliterationWaammā in kāna min aṣḥābi alyameeni
TranslationAnd if he was of the companions of the right,
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Al-Waaqia 56:91
فَسَلَامٌ لَكَ مِنْ اَصْحَابِ الْيَمٖينِ
TransliterationFasalāmun laka min aṣḥābi alyameeni
TranslationThen [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right."
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Al-Waaqia 56:92
وَاَمَّٓا اِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبٖينَ الضَّٓالّٖينَۙ
TransliterationWaammā in kāna mina almukaththibeena alḏḏālleena
TranslationBut if he was of the deniers [who were] astray,
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Al-Waaqia 56:93
فَنُزُلٌ مِنْ حَمٖيمٍۙ
TransliterationFanuzulun min ḥameemin
TranslationThen [for him is] accommodation of scalding water
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Al-Waaqia 56:94
وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحٖيمٍۙ
TransliterationWataṣliyatu jaḥeemin
TranslationAnd burning in Hellfire
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Al-Waaqia 56:95
اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الْيَقٖينِۚ
TransliterationInna hāthā lahuwa ḥaqqu alyaqeeni
TranslationIndeed, this is the true certainty,
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Al-Waaqia 56:96
فَسَبِّـحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظٖيمِ
TransliterationFasabbiḥ biismi rabbika alʿatheemi
TranslationSo exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Translation: Saheeh International. Arabic text: Mushaf of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Türkiye (Diyanet), 605 pages; kuran.diyanet.gov.tr. Transliteration: Açık Kuran (acikkuran.com).
Surah Al-Waaqia: FAQ
How many ayahs are in Surah Al-Waaqia?
Surah Al-Waaqia has 96 ayahs.
Which page is Surah Al-Waaqia on?
Al-Waaqia is surah 56 of the Quran. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 27, on pages 534–537.
Is Surah Al-Waaqia Meccan or Medinan?
In the Quran data of the Tevazu app, Surah Al-Waaqia is classified as Meccan.