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

Surah Number : 56(96 Number of Verses)
Revelation
Meccan
Revelation order
46
Pages
534–537
Yuz
27

Prostrations

  • No prostration
Available Translations
  1. ثم إنكم أيها الضالون المكذبون

    51

    Then indeed, you, astray deniers,

    thumma ʾinnakum ʾayyuhā ḍ-ḍāllūna l-mukadhdhibūna

  2. لآكلون من شجر من زقوم

    52

    will surely eat from the Zaqqum tree

    la-ʾākilūna min shajarin min zaqqūmin

  3. فمالئون منها البطون

    53

    and stuff your bellies with it,

    fa-māliʾūna minhā l-buṭūna

  4. فشاربون عليه من الحميم

    54

    and drink boiling water on top of it,

    fa-shāribūna ʿalayhi mina l-ḥamīmi

  5. فشاربون شرب الهيم

    55

    drinking like thirsty camels.’

    fa-shāribūna shurba l-hīmi

  6. هذا نزلهم يوم الدين

    56

    Such will be the hospitality they receive on the Day of Retribution.

    hādhā nuzuluhum yawma d-dīni

  7. نحن خلقناكم فلولا تصدقون

    57

    We created you. Then why do you not acknowledge it?

    naḥnu khalaqnākum fa-law-lā tuṣaddiqūna

  8. أفرأيتم ما تمنون

    58

    Have you considered the sperm that you emit?

    ʾa-fa-raʾaytum mā tumnūna

  9. أأنتم تخلقونه أم نحن الخالقون

    59

    Is it you who create it, or are We the creator?

    ʾa-ʾantum takhluqūnahū ʾam naḥnu l-khāliqūna

  10. نحن قدرنا بينكم الموت وما نحن بمسبوقين

    60

    We have ordained death among you, and We are not to be outmaneuvered

    naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wa-mā naḥnu bi-masbūqīna

  11. على أن نبدل أمثالكم وننشئكم في ما لا تعلمون

    61

    from replacing you with your likes and recreating you in [a realm] you do not know.

    ʿalā ʾan nubaddila ʾamthālakum wa-nunshiʾakum fī mā lā taʿlamūna

  12. ولقد علمتم النشأة الأولى فلولا تذكرون

    62

    Certainly you have known the first genesis, then why do you not take admonition?

    wa-la-qad ʿalimtumu n-nashʾata l-ʾūlā fa-law-lā tadhakkarūna

  13. أفرأيتم ما تحرثون

    63

    Have you considered what you sow?

    ʾa-fa-raʾaytum mā taḥruthūna

  14. أأنتم تزرعونه أم نحن الزارعون

    64

    Is it you who make it grow, or are We the grower?

    ʾa-ʾantum tazraʿūnahū ʾam naḥnu z-zāriʿūna

  15. لو نشاء لجعلناه حطاما فظلتم تفكهون

    65

    If We wish, We turn it into chaff, whereat you are left stunned [saying to yourselves,]

    law nashāʾu la-jaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman fa-ẓaltum tafakkahūna

  16. إنا لمغرمون

    66

    ‘Indeed we have suffered loss!

    ʾinnā la-mughramūna

  17. بل نحن محرومون

    67

    No, we are deprived!’

    bal naḥnu maḥrūmūna

  18. أفرأيتم الماء الذي تشربون

    68

    Have you considered the water that you drink?

    ʾa-fa-raʾaytumu l-māʾa lladhī tashrabūna

  19. أأنتم أنزلتموه من المزن أم نحن المنزلون

    69

    Is it you who bring it down from the rain cloud, or is it We who bring [it] down?

    ʾa-ʾantum ʾanzaltumūhu mina l-muzni ʾam naḥnu l-munzilūna

  20. لو نشاء جعلناه أجاجا فلولا تشكرون

    70

    If We wish We can make it bitter. Then why do you not give thanks?

    law nashāʾu jaʿalnāhu ʾujājan fa-law-lā tashkurūna

  21. أفرأيتم النار التي تورون

    71

    Have you considered the fire that you kindle?

    ʾa-fa-raʾaytumu n-nāra llatī tūrūna

  22. أأنتم أنشأتم شجرتها أم نحن المنشئون

    72

    Was it you who caused its tree to grow, or were We the grower?

    ʾa-ʾantum ʾanshaʾtum shajaratahā ʾam naḥnu l-munshiʾūna

  23. نحن جعلناها تذكرة ومتاعا للمقوين

    73

    It was We who made it a reminder and a boon for the desert-dwellers.

    naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkiratan wa-matāʿan li-l-muqwīna

  24. فسبح باسم ربك العظيم

    74

    So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme.

    fa-sabbiḥ bi-smi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

  25. فلا أقسم بمواقع النجوم

    75

    I swear by the places where the stars set!

    fa-lā ʾuqsimu bi-mawāqiʿi n-nujūmi

  26. وإنه لقسم لو تعلمون عظيم

    76

    And indeed it is a great oath, should you know.

    wa-ʾinnahū la-qasamun law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīmun

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