Tafsir Al-Waaqia (56) — الواقعة

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ﴿١﴾

When the inevitable rising will occur. ليس لوقعتها كاذبة

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ﴿٢﴾

There will be no soul that denies it like how it used to deny in the world. خافضة ر افعة

خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ ﴿٣﴾

It will bring the sinful disbelievers low by entering them into the Fire, and it will raise the mindful believers high by entering them into Paradise. ج

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا ﴿٤﴾

When the earth is shaken violently. س

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا ﴿٥﴾

And the mountains are completely crushed. ث

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا ﴿٦﴾

Due to this crushing they will become scattered dust. وكنتم أ زوجا ثلثة

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَـٰثَةًۭ ﴿٧﴾

You will be in three categories on that day

فَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿٨﴾

The people of the right hand, who will receive their books in their right hands. How high and great will be their rank!

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿٩﴾

The people of the left hand, who will receive their books in their left hands. How despicable and wretched will be their ranks. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

Those who were foremost in doing good deeds in the world they will be foremost in the afterlife to enter Paradise

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿١١﴾

They are the ones who will be brought close to Allah

فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿١٢﴾

In gardens of delight, they will enjoy different types of delight

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

A group from this nation and from previous nation

وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿١٤﴾

A few people at the end of time will be the foremost ones that are brought close. عل سرر م وضونة

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ ﴿١٥﴾

On couches woven with gold. م تكٔين عليها متقبلين

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Reclining on these couches facing one another and no one will look at the back of another. يطوف عليهم ولدن م خلدون

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

Children who will never face old age or extinction will roam around them, to serve them. بأ ك واب وأباريق وكأ س من م عين

بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ ﴿١٨﴾

They will roam around them holding handle-less jugs, jugs with handles, and glasses of unlimited wine that flows in Paradise. لا يصد عون عنها ولا ينزفون

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

It is not like the wine of the world; it’s drinkers will not get headaches nor suffer intoxication. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir وفكهة مما يتخيرون

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

These children will also roam around them with fruits, from which they may choose. ولحم طير مما يشتهون

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

They will also roam around with the meat of birds their hearts desire. وحور عين

وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ ﴿٢٢﴾

They will also have beautiful, wide-eyed women in Paradise

كَأَمْثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Like pearls protected within their shells

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

As a reward for the good actions they used to do in the world. لا يسمعون فيها لغوا ولا تأثيما

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا ﴿٢٥﴾

They will not hear any foul language in Paradise, nor any language that incurs sin. إلا قيلا سلما سلما

إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَـٰمًۭا سَلَـٰمًۭا ﴿٢٦﴾

They will only hear the angels greeting them, and the greetings of one another

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٢٧﴾

And the People of the Right: who are the People of the Right? Their rank and status with Allah is indeed, great! فى سدر م خضود

فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ ﴿٢٨﴾

They will be among harmless, thornless lote trees. وطلح م نضود

وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ ﴿٢٩﴾

And bananas, neatly arranged in rows with one another. وظل م مدود

وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ ﴿٣٠﴾

And lengthened, continuous, unmoving shadows. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ ﴿٣١﴾

And flowing water which never stops. وفكهةكثيرة

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ ﴿٣٢﴾

And many fruits that cannot be counted. ل امقطوعة ولا ممنوعة

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ ﴿٣٣﴾

They will never finish, because they are not seasonal, nor will there be anything that comes in between their desire for them at any time. وفرش م رفوعة

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ ﴿٣٤﴾

And raised spreads, spread on the couches

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ ﴿٣٥﴾

Indeed, I created the aforementioned wide-eyed women in an extraordinary way. فجعلنهن أ بكارا

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا ﴿٣٦﴾

I made them virgins, previously untouched. عربا أ ترابا

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا ﴿٣٧﴾

They are very loving to their husbands, and equal to them in age

لِّأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٣٨﴾

I created them for the People of the Right: those who will be taken towards the right as a sign of their excellence

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٣٩﴾

They are a group from the nations of the previous Prophets

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

And a group from the nation of Muhammad (peace be upon him), which is the last of all nations. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ﴿٤١﴾

As for the People of the Left: who are the People of the Left? Their state and outcome is indeed, very bad. فى سموم وحميم

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ ﴿٤٢﴾

They will be among severely hot winds and extremely hot water. وظل من يحموم

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ ﴿٤٣﴾

And in the shadow of black smoke. لا بارد ولا كريم

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ﴿٤٤﴾

Neither will it be pleasant, nor will it be a good sight. إن هم كانوا قبل ذلك مترفين

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Indeed, before they came to the punishment, they were enjoying the luxuries in the world, caring only for their desires

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٤٦﴾

They used to persist on disbelief in Allah and the worship of idols instead of Him. وكانوا يقولون أ ذا متنا وكنا ترابا وعظما أءنا لمبعوثون

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

They also used to reject the resurrection, and they would say regarding it, mocking it and thinking it to be far-fetched: “What, when we die and become dust and decayed and decomposed bones, shall we be resurrected after that?”

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

“Will our ancient forefathers who died before us also be resurrected?”

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

O Messenger! Say to these deniers of the resurrection: “Indeed, the earlier generations of people and the later ones from them... لمجموعون إ لى ميقت يوم م علوم

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ﴿٥٠﴾

“...will soon be inevitably gathered on the Day of Judgement to be taken to account and requited.” بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

Then, O you rejectors of the resurrection and deviants from the straight path! لٔاكلون من شجر من زقوم

لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ ﴿٥٢﴾

You shall, on the Day of Judgement, eat from the fruits of the tree of Al-Zaqqūm, which are the worst and most disgusting of fruits

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

You will fill your hungry bellied with the fruits of that bitter tree

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿٥٤﴾

Then you will drink extremely hot water on top of that

فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ ﴿٥٥﴾

You will drink so much of it, just like a camel suffering from a burning thirst drinks

هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٥٦﴾

The aforementioned bitter fruit and extremely hot water is your hospitality you will be received with on the Day of Requital. نحن خلقنكم فلولا تصدقون

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

O rejectors! I created you from non-existence, so why do you not believe I will resurrect you after you have died? أفرءيتم م اتمنون

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

O people! Do you not see the semen you ejaculate into the wombs of your wives?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Is it you that creates that semen, or am I the one who creates it?

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

I determine death between you; each one of you has a fixed amount of time which he neither goes beyond nor falls short of. I am not incapable... بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَـٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

of changing the form and appearance that you currently hold, and recreating you into a form and appearance that you do not know of

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

Verily, you know how I created you initially, so do you not take heed and realise that the being who created you in the first place, is capable of resurrecting you after you die? أفرءيتم م اتحرثون

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

Do you see the seeds you plant in the earth?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

Are you the ones who make that seed grow, or am I the one that makes it grow?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

If I wish to ruin that crop, I can do so after bringing it close to ripening and harvest. You would then be left shocked at what affected it. إ ن المغرمون

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

You would say, “Indeed, we lost everything we spent, and we have been punished.” بل نحن محرومون

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

“Rather, we have been deprived of sustenance.”

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

Do you see the water you drink when you are thirsty?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾

Are you the ones who cause it to fall from the clouds in the sky, or am I the one who sends it down?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

If I wanted to make that water extremely bitter, such that it would be of no use for drinking nor for irrigation, I would have done so. Will you then not be grateful to Me for sending it down as palatable and a mercy for you? بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

Do you see the fire that you ignite for your interests?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Are you the ones who make the trees you ignite it with, grow, or am I the one who causes it to grow, being kind to you? نحن جعلنها تذكرة ومتعا للمقوين

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَـٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

I am the one who made this fire for you as a reminder to you of the fire of the Afterlife, and I made it a means of benefit for the travellers among you

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٧٤﴾

O Messenger! So glorify your great Lord, of everything that in unbefitting of Him

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٧٥﴾

Allah takes an oath on the positions of the stars and their orbits. وإنه لقسم لو تعلمون عظيم

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٧٦﴾

And indeed, taking an oath of these orbits is a great thing - if only you were to understand its greatness-, because there are uncountable signs and lessons in it. إنه لقرءان كريم

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ ﴿٧٧﴾

O people! Indeed, the Qur’ān that is recited to you is a noble Qur’ān, because of the great benefits that it contains. فى كتب م كنون

فِى كِتَـٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ ﴿٧٨﴾

It is in a record preserved from the eyes of people, i.e. the Preserved Tablet

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

Only the angels, pure of sin and defects can touch it

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾

It is a revelation from the Lord of the creations, on His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

أَفَبِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ ﴿٨١﴾

O idolaters! Do you then reject this speech, and not believe in it? وتجعلون رزقكم أنكم تكذبون

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

And do you show your gratitude to Allah for the blessings He has provided you with, by rejecting Him and attributing the rain to the setting of stars, by saying, “It rained upon us due to the setting of so and so star”

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Why not, when the soul reaches the throat... وأ نتم حينئ ذ تنظرون

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾

and at that time, you see the dying person in front of you... ونحن أقرب إليه منكم ولكن لا تبصرون

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

whilst My angels are closer to the dying person than you are, but you do not see them

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ ﴿٨٦﴾

Why then, if you are not going to be resurrected - as you claim - for requital

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾

return this soul that is leaving your dead, if you are truthful? You cannot do it

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ﴿٨٨﴾

As for if the dying person is one of those who hasten towards good... فروح وريحان وجنت نعيم

فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿٨٩﴾

he will be in such comfort after which there will be no tiring, good sustenance and mercy. He will have a Paradise in which he will live in luxury, enjoying whatever his soul desires. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٩٠﴾

فَسَلَـٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٩١﴾

And if the dying person is from the People of the Right, do not worry about their condition, because they will be in peace and security

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٩٢﴾

And if the dying person is from the rejectors of what the Messenger (peace be upon him) brought: the deviators from the straight path... فنزل من حميم

فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ ﴿٩٣﴾

then he will have some hospitality presented to him, which will be extremely hot water. وتص لية ج حيم

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ﴿٩٤﴾

And he will have to burn in the fire of hell

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٩٥﴾

O Messenger! Indeed, the stories I have narrated to you are convincingly true, in which there is no doubt

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٩٦﴾

So glorify the great name of your Lord, and proclaim His purity from all defects