Section 1: Verses 1–38
Thematic progression across verses 1–38
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ 1
Izaa waqa'atil waaqi'ah
When the inevitable occurs
لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ 2
Laisa liwaq'atihaa kaazibah
Of its occurrence, there is no denial
خَافِضَةࣱ رَّافِعَةٌ 3
Khafidatur raafi'ah
Bringing low, raising high
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجࣰّ ا 4
Izaa rujjatil ardu rajjaa
When the earth is shaken with a shock
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّ ا 5
Wa bussatil jibaalu bassaa
And the mountains are crushed and crumbled
فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّ ا 6
Fakaanat habaaa'am mumbassaa
And they become scattered dust
وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰ ا ثَلَٰثَةࣰ 7
Wa kuntum azwaajan salaasah
And you become three classes
فَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ 8
Fa as haabul maimanati maaa as haabul maimanah
Those on the Right—what of those on the Right
وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ 9
Wa as haabul mash'amati maaa as haabul mash'amah
And those on the Left—what of those on the Left
وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ 10
Wassaabiqoonas saabiqoon
And the forerunners, the forerunners
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ 11
Ulaaa'ikal muqarraboon
Those are the nearest
فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ 12
Fee Jannaatin Na'eem
In the Gardens of Bliss
ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ 13
Sullatum minal awwaleen
A throng from the ancients
وَقَلِيلࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ 14
Wa qaleelum minal aa khireen
And a small band from the latecomers
عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّوۡضُونَةࣲ 15
Alaa sururim mawdoonah
On luxurious furnishings
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ 16
Muttaki'eena 'alaihaa mutaqabileen
Reclining on them, facing one another
يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ 17
Yatoofu 'alaihim wildaa num mukkhalladoon
Serving them will be immortalized youth
بِأَكۡوَابࣲ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِينࣲ 18
Bi akwaabinw wa abaareeq, wa kaasim mim ma'een
With cups, pitchers, and sparkling drinks
لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ 19
Laa yusadda'oona 'anhaa wa laa yunzifoon
Causing them neither headache, nor intoxication
وَفَٰكِهَةࣲ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ 20
Wa faakihatim mimmaa yatakhaiyaroon
And fruits of their choice
وَلَحۡمِ طَيۡرࣲ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ 21
Wa lahmi tairim mimmaa yashtahoon
And meat of birds that they may desire
وَحُورٌ عِينࣱ 22
Wa hoorun'een
And lovely companions
كَأَمۡثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ 23
Ka amsaalil lu'lu'il maknoon
The likenesses of treasured pearls
جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ 24
Jazaaa'am bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon
As a reward for what they used to do
لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوࣰ ا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمًا 25
Laa yasma'oona feehaa laghwanw wa laa taaseemaa
Therein they will hear no nonsense, and no accusations
إِلَّا قِيلࣰ ا سَلَٰمࣰ ا سَلَٰمࣰ ا 26
Illaa qeelan salaaman salaamaa
But only the greeting: “Peace, peace.”
وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ 27
Wa as haabul yameeni maaa as haabul Yameen
And those on the Right—what of those on the Right
فِي سِدۡرࣲ مَّخۡضُودࣲ 28
Fee sidrim makhdood
In lush orchards
وَطَلۡحࣲ مَّنضُودࣲ 29
Wa talhim mandood
And sweet-smelling plants
وَظِلࣲّ مَّمۡدُودࣲ 30
Wa zillim mamdood
And extended shade
وَمَآءࣲ مَّسۡكُوبࣲ 31
Wa maaa'im maskoob
And outpouring water
وَفَٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِيرَةࣲ 32
Wa faakihatin kaseerah
And abundant fruit
لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةࣲ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةࣲ 33
Laa maqtoo'atinw wa laa mamnoo'ah
Neither withheld, nor forbidden
وَفُرُشࣲ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ 34
Wa furushim marfoo'ah
And uplifted mattresses
إِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءࣰ 35
Innaaa anshaanaahunna inshaaa'aa
We have created them of special creation
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا 36
Faja'alnaahunna abkaaraa
And made them virgins
عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابࣰ ا 37
Uruban atraabaa
Tender and un-aging
لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ 38
Li as haabil yameen
For those on the Right
Section 2: Verses 39–74
Thematic progression across verses 39–74
ثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ 39
Sullatum minal awwa leen
A throng from the ancients
وَثُلَّةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ 40
Wa sullatum minal aakhireen
And a throng from the latecomers
وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ 41
Wa as haabush shimaali maaa as haabush shimaal
And those on the Left—what of those on the Left
فِي سَمُومࣲ وَحَمِيمࣲ 42
Fee samoominw wa hameem
Amid searing wind and boiling water
وَظِلࣲّ مِّن يَحۡمُومࣲ 43
Wa zillim miny yahmoom
And a shadow of thick smoke
لَّا بَارِدࣲ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ 44
Laa baaridinw wa laa kareem
Neither cool, nor refreshing
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ 45
Innaahum kaanoo qabla zaalika mutrafeen
They had lived before that in luxury
وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ 46
Wa kaanoo yusirroona 'alal hinsil 'azeem
And they used to persist in immense wrongdoing
وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰ ا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ 47
Wa kaanoo yaqooloona a'izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa izaaman'ainnaa lamab'oosoon
And they used to say, “When we are dead and turned into dust and bones, are we to be resurrected
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ 48
Awa aabaaa'unal awwaloon
And our ancient ancestors too?”
قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ 49
Qul innal awwaleena wal aakhireen
Say, “The first and the last
لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ 50
Lamajmoo'oona ilaa meeqaati yawmim ma'loon
Will be gathered for the appointment of a familiar Day.”
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ 51
summa innakum ayyuhad daaalloonal mukazziboon
Then you, you misguided, who deny the truth
لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرࣲ مِّن زَقُّومࣲ 52
La aakiloona min shaja rim min zaqqoom
Will be eating from the Tree of Bitterness
فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ 53
Famaali'oona minhal butoon
Will be filling your bellies with it
فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ 54
Fashaariboona 'alaihi minal hameem
Will be drinking on top of it boiling water
فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ 55
Fashaariboona shurbal heem
Drinking like thirsty camels drink
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ 56
Haazaa nuzuluhum yawmad deen
That is their hospitality on the Day of Retribution
نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ 57
Nahnu khalaqnaakum falaw laa tusaddiqoon
We created you—if only you would believe
أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ 58
Afara'aytum maa tumnoon
Have you seen what you ejaculate
ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ 59
A-antum takhluqoo nahooo am nahnul khaaliqoon
Is it you who create it, or are We the Creator
نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ 60
Nahnu qaddarnaa baina kumul mawta wa maa nahnu bimasbooqeen
We have decreed death among you, and We will not be outstripped
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ 61
Alaaa an nubaddila amsaalakum wa nunshi'akum fee maa laa ta'lamoon
In replacing you with your likes, and transforming you into what you do not know
وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ 62
Wa laqad 'alimtumun nash atal oolaa falaw laa tazakkaroon
You have known the first formation; if only you would remember
أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ 63
Afara'aytum maa tahrusoon
Have you seen what you cultivate
ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ 64
A-antum tazra'oonahooo am nahnuz zaari'ooon
Is it you who make it grow, or are We the Grower
لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ حُطَٰمࣰ ا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ 65
Law nashaaa'u laja'al naahu hutaaman fazaltum tafakkahoon
If We will, We can turn it into rubble; then you will lament
إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ 66
Innaa lamughramoon
“We are penalized
بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ 67
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
No, we are being deprived.”
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱلَّذِي تَشۡرَبُونَ 68
Afara'aytumul maaa'allazee tashraboon
Have you seen the water you drink
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ 69
A-antum anzaltumoohu minal muzni am nahnul munziloon
Is it you who sent it down from the clouds, or are We the Sender
لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجࣰ ا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ 70
Law nashaaa'u ja'alnaahu ujaajan falaw laa tashkuroon
If We will, We can make it salty. Will you not be thankful
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي تُورُونَ 71
Afara'aytumun naaral latee tooroon
Have you seen the fire you kindle
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِـُٔونَ 72
A-antum anshaatum shajaratahaaa am nahnul munshi'oon
Is it you who produce its tree, or are We the Producer
نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَمَتَٰعࣰ ا لِّلۡمُقۡوِينَ 73
Nahnu ja'alnaahaa tazkira tanw wa mataa'al lilmuqween
We have made it a reminder, and a comfort for the users
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ 74
Fasabbih bismi Rabbikal 'azeem
So glorify the Name of your Great Lord
Section 3: Verses 75–96
Thematic progression across verses 75–96
۞فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ 75
Falaa uqsimu bimaawaa qi'innujoom
I swear by the locations of the stars
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمࣱ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ 76
Wa innahoo laqasamul lawta'lamoona'azeem
It is an oath, if you only knew, that is tremendous
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانࣱ كَرِيمࣱ 77
Innahoo la quraanun kareem
It is a noble Quran
فِي كِتَٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ 78
Fee kitaabim maknoon
In a well-protected Book
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ 79
Laa yamassuhooo illal mutahharoon
None can grasp it except the purified
تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 80
Tanzeelum mir Rabbil'aalameen
A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ 81
Afabihaazal hadeesi antum mudhinoon
Is it this discourse that you take so lightly
وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ 82
Wa taj'aloona rizqakum annakum tukazziboon
And you make it your livelihood to deny it
فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ 83
Falaw laaa izaa balaghatil hulqoom
So when it has reached the throat
وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذࣲ تَنظُرُونَ 84
Wa antum heena'izin tanzuroon
As you are looking on
وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ 85
Wa nahnu aqrabu ilaihi minkum wa laakil laa tubsiroon
We are nearer to it than you are, but you do not see
فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ 86
Falaw laaa in kuntum ghira madeeneen
If you are not held to account
تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ 87
Tarji'oonahaaa in kuntum saadiqeen
Then bring it back, if you are truthful
فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ 88
Fa ammaaa in kaana minal muqarrabeen
But if he is one of those brought near
فَرَوۡحࣱ وَرَيۡحَانࣱ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمࣲ 89
Farawhunw wa raihaa nunw wa jannatu na'eem
Then happiness, and flowers, and Garden of Delights
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ 90
Wa ammaaa in kaana min as haabil yameen
And if he is one of those on the Right
فَسَلَٰمࣱ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ 91
Fasalaamul laka min as haabil yameen
Then, “Peace upon you,” from those on the Right
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ 92
Wa ammaaa in kaana minal mukazzibeenad daaalleen
But if he is one of the deniers, the mistaken
فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِيمࣲ 93
Fanuzulum min hameem
Then a welcome of Inferno
وَتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ 94
Wa tasliyatu jaheem
And burning in Hell
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ 95
Inna haaza lahuwa haqqul yaqeen
This is the certain truth
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ 96
Fasabbih bismi rabbikal 'azeem
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Magnificent
Quran-Anchored Prophetic Context
Authentic narrations in the active corpus that explicitly cite, name, or explain verses in Surah Al-Waaqia.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارِكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: أَتَتْ عَجُوزٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُدْخِلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أُمَّ فُلانٍ، إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لا تَدْخُلُهَا عَجُوزٌ، قَالَ: فَوَلَّتْ تَبْكِي، فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرُوهَا أَنَّهَا لا تَدْخُلُهَا وَهِيَ عَجُوزٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى، يَقُولُ: إِنَّا أَنْشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنْشَاءً، فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا، عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا.
"An old woman came to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, beseech Allah to let me enter the Garden of Paradise!' He replied: 'O Mother of So-and-so, no old woman will enter the Garden of Paradise!' She turned away weeping, so he said: 'Tell her that she will not enter it as an old woman, for Allah says: ‘We have created them a new creation, and made them virgins, loving, equal in age .’” (Al-Qur'an; 56:35-37)