Sura 56 The Event (Al-Waqe'ah)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[56:1] When the Event occurs;

[56:2] regarding its occurrence, there can be no denial.

[56:3] It will lower, and it will raise.

Footnote 56:3 – When the 'Event' (Day of Resurrection) occurs, some people will be lowered to a humiliating position, while others will be raised to an honourable position.

[56:4] When the earth is shaken violently,

[56:5] and the mountains crushed and crumbled,

[56:6] turning into scattered dust,

[56:7] and you are sorted into three groups:

[56:8] there will be the companions of the Right. What are the companions of the Right?

[56:9] And there will be the companions of the Left. What are the companions of the Left?

[56:10] And the forerunners, the forerunners;

[56:11] those are the ones brought near

[56:12] in the Gardens of Bliss.

[56:13] A multitude of the earlier people,

[56:14] and a small number from the later ones.

[56:15] On luxurious couches,