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Al-Waqi'ah · The Inevitable

96 ayahs Makki Pages 534–537 Juz 27
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
Ayahs 1 – 40
41
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وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand?

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فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn scorching wind and scalding water

43
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وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd shadow of black smoke,

44
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لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNeither cool nor refreshing.

45
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إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! heretofore they were effete with luxury

46
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وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd used to persist in the awful sin.

47
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وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,

48
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أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd also our forefathers?

49
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قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSay (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time

50
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لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWill all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.

51
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ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,

52
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لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ ﴿٥٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYe verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum

53
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فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd will fill your bellies therewith;

54
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فَشَـٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿٥٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd thereon ye will drink of boiling water,

55
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فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ ﴿٥٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDrinking even as the camel drinketh.

56
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هَـٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٥٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.

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نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe created you. Will ye then admit the truth?

58
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أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye seen that which ye emit?

59
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ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDo ye create it or are We the Creator?

60
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نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,

61
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَـٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.

62
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وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect?

63
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أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye seen that which ye cultivate?

64
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ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer?

65
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لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIf We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:

66
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إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! we are laden with debt!

67
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but we are deprived!

68
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أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye observed the water which ye drink?

69
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ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder?

70
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لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIf We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks?

71
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أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye observed the fire which ye strike out;

72
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ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWas it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?

73
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نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَـٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.

74
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فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٧٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.

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۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٧٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, I swear by the places of the stars -

76
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٧٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -

77
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ ﴿٧٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an

78
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فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ ﴿٧٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn a Book kept hidden

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لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhich none toucheth save the purified,

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تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

Ayahs 81 – 96
Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · Al-Waqi'ah
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).