Surat Al-Wāqi`ah (The Inevitable) - سورة الواقعة

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

56:1

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Sahih International

When the Occurrence occurs,

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

When the [imminent] Event comes to pass, [when] the Resurrection takes place,

56:2

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Sahih International

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

there will be no denying its coming to pass, [there is] no soul to deny [it], by repudiating it as it did in this world,

56:3

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Sahih International

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

[it will be] abasing [some], exalting [others], that is, it will manifest the abasing of some people by [virtue of] their admission into the Fire, and [manifest] the exalting of others by their admission into Paradise.

56:4

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Sahih International

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

When the earth is shaken with a violent shock,

56:5

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Sahih International

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and the mountains are pulverised to [tiny] pieces,

56:6

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Sahih International

And become dust dispersing.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

so that they become a scattered dust (the second idh, ‘when’, is a substitution for the first idh),

56:7

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Sahih International

And you become [of] three kinds:

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and you will be, at the Resurrection, three kinds, categories:

56:8

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Sahih International

Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Those of the right [hand], those who are given their record [of deeds] in their right hand (fa-ashābu’l-maymanati is the subject, the predicate of which is [the following mā ashābu’l-maymanati]) — what of those of the right [hand]? — a glorification of their status on account of their admittance into Paradise.

56:9

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Sahih International

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

And those of the left [hand] (al-mash’ama means al-shimāl, ‘left’), each of whom is given his record [of deeds] in their left hands — what of those of the left [hand]? — an expression of contempt for their status on account of their admittance into the Fire.

56:10

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Sahih International

And the forerunners, the forerunners -

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

And the foremost, in [the race to do] good, namely, the prophets (al-sābiqūna is a subject) the foremost: (this [repetition] is to emphasise their exalted status; the predicate [is the following, ūlā’ika’l-muqarrabūna])

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Surat Al-Wāqi`ah (The Inevitable) - سورة الواقعة