Surah Al-Wāqi`ah (The Inevitable) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. إذا وقعت الواقعة

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   When the Imminent [Hour] befalls

   ʾidhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

2. ليس لوقعتها كاذبة

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   —there is no denying that it will befall—

   laysa li-waqʿatihā kādhibatun

3. خافضة رافعة

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   [it will be] lowering and exalting.

   khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

4. إذا رجت الأرض رجا

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   When the earth is shaken violently,

   ʾidhā rujjati l-ʾarḍu rajjan

5. وبست الجبال بسا

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   and the mountains are shattered into bits

   wa-bussati l-jibālu bassan

6. فكانت هباء منبثا

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   and become scattered dust,

   fa-kānat habāʾan munbathan

7. وكنتم أزواجا ثلاثة

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   you will be three groups:

   wa-kuntum ʾazwājan thalāthatan

8. فأصحاب الميمنة ما أصحاب الميمنة

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   The People of the Right Hand—and what are the People of the Right Hand?!

   fa-ʾaṣḥābu l-maymanati mā ʾaṣḥābu l-maymanati

9. وأصحاب المشأمة ما أصحاب المشأمة

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   And the People of the Left Hand—and what are the People of the Left Hand?!

   wa-ʾaṣḥābu l-mashʾamati mā ʾaṣḥābu l-mashʾamati

10. والسابقون السابقون

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    And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones:

    wa-s-sābiqūna s-sābiqūna

11. أولئك المقربون

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    they are the ones brought near [to Allah],

    ʾulāʾika l-muqarrabūna

12. في جنات النعيم

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    [who will reside] in the gardens of bliss.

    fī jannāti n-naʿīmi

13. ثلة من الأولين

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    A multitude from the former [generations]

    thullatun mina l-ʾawwalīna

14. وقليل من الآخرين

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    and a few from the latter ones.

    wa-qalīlun mina l-ʾākhirīna

15. على سرر موضونة

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    On brocaded couches

    ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin

16. متكئين عليها متقابلين

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    reclining on them, face to face.

    muttakiʾīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna