Surah Al-Waqi'ah — Word by Word
الواقعة
The Inevitable
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
idhā waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu
When the Occurrence occurs,
laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibatun
There is, at its occurrence, no denial.
khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].
idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
wabussati l-jibālu bassan
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
fakānat habāan munbathan
And become dust dispersing,
wakuntum azwājan thalāthatan
And you become [of] three kinds:
fa-aṣḥābu l-maymanati mā aṣḥābu l-maymanati
Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
wa-aṣḥābu l-mashamati mā aṣḥābu l-mashamati
And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?
wal-sābiqūna l-sābiqūna
And the forerunners, the forerunners -
ulāika l-muqarabūna
Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]
fī jannāti l-naʿīmi
In the Gardens of Pleasure,
thullatun mina l-awalīna
A [large] company of the former peoples
waqalīlun mina l-ākhirīna
And a few of the later peoples,
ʿalā sururin mawḍūnatin
On thrones woven [with ornament],
muttakiīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīna
Reclining on them, facing each other.
yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna
There will circulate among them young boys made eternal.
bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīnin
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -
lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā walā yunzifūna
No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -
wafākihatin mimmā yatakhayyarūna
And fruit of what they select
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