Glory and Honor!

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Chapter 56:

AL-WAQIA (THE EVENT, THE INEVITABLE)
Total Verses: 96 Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

056.001
Y: When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,

P: When the event befalleth -

S: When the great event comes to pass,

056.002
Y: Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.

P: There is no denying that it will befall -

S: There is no belying its coming to pass--

056.003
Y: (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;

P: Abasing (some), exalting (others);

S: Abasing (one party), exalting (the other),

056.004
Y: When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,

P: When the earth is shaken with a shock

S: When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking,

056.005
Y: And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,

P: And the hills are ground to powder

S: And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling,

056.006
Y: Becoming dust scattered abroad,

P: So that they become a scattered dust,

S: So that they shall be as scattered dust.

056.007
Y: And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.

P: And ye will be three kinds:

S: And you shall be three sorts.

056.008
Y: Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be
the Companions of the Right Hand?

P: (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?

S: Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the
companions of the right hand!

056.009
Y: And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of
the Left Hand?

P: And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand?

S: And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched are the
companions of the left hand!

056.010
Y: And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).

P: And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:

S: And the foremost are the foremost,

056.011
Y: These will be those Nearest to Allah:

P: Those are they who will be brought nigh

S: These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah),

056.012
Y: In Gardens of Bliss:

P: In gardens of delight;

S: In the gardens of bliss.

056.013
Y: A number of people from those of old,

P: A multitude