الواقعة
- Surah number
- 56
- Ayahs
- 96
- Meaning
- The Inevitable Event
- Revelation
- Meccan
Recitation plays ayah by ayah and continues automatically.
About Surah Al-Waqiah
Surah Al-Waqiah describes the certainty of the Last Day and the different groups people will form in the Hereafter. It points to creation, crops, water and fire as signs of Allah’s power and closes by affirming the truth of revelation.
Main themes
- The certainty of the Day of Resurrection
- The foremost, the people of the right and the people of the left
- Signs in human creation, crops, water and fire
- The truth and honour of the Quran
Listening and reading
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