Surah 56 · Makki · 96 Ayahs
Al-Waqi'ah
The Inevitable
الواقعةAffirms the reality of the Resurrection and refutes the Makkans' claim that it was an impossible, imaginary event, describing the very different fates awaiting the righteous and the wicked.
When the Occurrence occurs,
There is, at its occurrence, no denial.
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
And become dust dispersing,
And you become [of] three kinds:
Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?
And the forerunners, the forerunners -
Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]
In the Gardens of Pleasure,
A [large] company of the former peoples
And a few of the later peoples,
On thrones woven [with ornament],
Reclining on them, facing each other.
There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -
No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -
And fruit of what they select
And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.
And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,
The likenesses of pearls well-protected,
As reward for what they used to do.
They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -