| سورة الواقعة Sūrat al-Wāqiʿa The Event |
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| Classification | Meccan |
| Other names (Eng.) | The Inevitable, That Which is Coming, The Terror, That Which Must come to Pass |
| Position | Juz' 27 |
| Structure | 3 rukus, 96 verses |
Surah Al-Waqʿia (Arabic: سورة الواقعة) Al-Waqiah is an Arabic word that means Inevitable, Event or Revolution. It is the 56th Surah (Chapter) of the Quran, it was revealed in Mecca. The total number of verses in this surah are 96.
Surah al Waqiah (56) Prophet Muhammad said, "Whoever recites Surah al Waqiah at night would never encounter poverty."
Prophet Muhammad said, "Surah al Waqiah is the Surah (Chapter) of Wealth, so recite it and teach it to your children."
All power and all authority belongs to Allah.[1] Creativity is the power of Allah.[2] After the afterlife, the Qiyamah will be either to Jannah (Paradise) or Jahannam (hell). Muslims believe that unfaithful Muslims who do not adhere to the religion will be punished in Jahannam, but they will eventually be forgiven except shirk (idolatry), where forgiveness is not given if this is done deliberately. It is not fair to associate partners with Allah.[3] According 56 sura (chapter) Ayah (verse) 4 (Qur'an 56:4), the whole earth shall be shaken with a shock of an earthquake.[4] The believers will be in the gardens of bliss as verse Ayah (verse) 13 (Qur'an 56:13) a lot of the people of the old times. Ayah (verse) 14 (Qur'an 56:14) and a few from later times.[5] The foremost of faith and good works will be less in latter times. The foremost of faith and good deeds are rewarded with the fruits of their choice, the meat of poultry, flowing water and virgins. According to a hadith of Shama il Tirmidhi, Allah's last Prophet said that no old woman will enter Paradise and that Allah will make them again and make them virgins.[6] The faithful man will be able to have intercourse with a hundred virgins in one day in Paradise.[7] They will have thrones (with gold and precious stones).[8] The foremost of faith[9] and good deeds, also a Shahid (martyr) is rewarded with Talh trees, Acacia trees or Banana trees[10] and Al-Firdaws (Paradise). Wine in this world has side effects: it intoxicates, gives headache, causes vomiting, and in Paradise wine is without these side effects.[11] In Jannah (Paradise), there is a tree that a rider can travel for a hundred years under its shade.[12] The unbelievers who called truth for a lie, the criminals, those with material benefits and pleasure in abundance,[13] those who eat or drink in gold or silver objects,[14] come to Jahannam (hell) and eats of the cursed tree Zaqqum, the fruits are shaped like devils' heads (Qur'an 37:65),[15] and drink boiling water.[16]
Ayah 28 talks of those of the Right Hand will be among lote-trees in Paradise. The lote-tree might actually exist on earth.
I came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) with the intention of embracing Islam. He commanded me to take a bath with water (boiled with) the leaves of the lote-tree.—Qays ibn Asim, Hadith no: 355, Sunan Abu Dawood Hadith
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The believers will be in gardens of bliss according to verse Ayah (verse) 39 a lot of the old times. Ayah (verse) 40 and a lot of latter times. Ayah (verse) 38 speaks of those from the right side. Quraish, the tribe that Islam's last Prophet belonged to, he was last of a series of Prophets sent by Allah for the benefit of mankind. The tribal center was Mecca and its task was to watch over the Kaaba.[18][19][20] Quraish tribe are descendants of Ibrahim (Islamic prophet) through his son Ismail (prophet). The Quraishs are good-hearted Muslims.
Righteous, Muslims, believers who do good deeds. According to verse Ayah (verse) 14, it could mean that there will be less number of faithful Muslims in latter times and last time when lies prevail over the truth.[21]
An exemplification is that some unchaste young women in some countries have twice as many sex partners as they did ten years ago. This could mean that there are few believers from the later times and thus few that will come to the gardens of Paradise in latter times.
Qur'an 56:17 يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ
And immortal grandsons/young children keep moving around them [56:17]
Qur'an 56:18 بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
with [crystal] glasses and flagons and serving [hard] drinks brought from source reservoir.[56:18]
The Arabic word أَبَارِيقَ finds mention as the container for serving drinks circularly to glasses individually held by friends sitting together confronting each other. Its meanings in English are flagons. It denotes a large bottle, container with a wide base having a narrow neck for storing and sprouting alcoholic drinks to the glass of the drinker. In the same context, بِآنِيَةٍ is the substitute used in 76:15, which denotes a similar vessel/container.
أَبَارِيقَ This is one of few words of Grand Qur’aan, which some consider as a borrowed word from Persian. This word refers to an article of use, a utensil, for the storage and pouring of liquor to some smaller utensil for sipping/ drinking the liquid. Therefore, the presumption, that it is a word borrowed by Arabs whose language is perhaps the richest in concepts and has limitless vocabulary, is evidently erroneous.
أَبَارِيقَ It is a broken plural, of singular إِبْرِيقٌ , formed on the pattern of أَفَاعِيلُ . The Root is " ب ر ق". The basic perception infolded in it is that of lightening. However, the word exclusively points to an object known as flagons. Is it not strange that the Arabic language makes use of a Root, which apparently has no relationship with a peculiar shaped container for storage, and service of liquid?
The Flagon is apparently a utensil, vessel. However, it has an assigned job/function and is required to establish a link and relationship with another object, the empty glass of drink, for the transfer of its content. The one who in standing position serves the drink to the glass in hand of a sitting person from the flagon slightly raises its bottom. He sprouts a small quantity that produces a little glimmer, which flows downwards and touches the bottom of the glass creating a path. It establishes a conductive path between the ground/glass bottom and the main reservoir of flagon. On mapping out this conductive path, the sudden massive flow of drink follows filling the glass. All this activity from beginning to main strike occurs just in a second.
The lightening, which is the basic perception, infolded in Root "ب ر ق" works in the same manner. Once the ionization process is complete and plasma forms, the ionized air streaming from the cloud establishes a path to the ground. This path is termed as the "step leader". The "step leader" that reaches the earth first provides a conductive path between the cloud and the Earth. This leader is not the lightning strike; it only maps out the course that the strike will follow. The strike is the sudden, massive, flow of electrical current moving from the cloud to the ground. [for detailed study see 1-Surat Fateha :Word by Word Analysis"]
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