Al-Waqi'a

Surah 56 of the Quran
الواقعة
Al-Wāqiʻah
The Event
ClassificationMeccan
PositionJuzʼ 27
Hizb no.54
No. of verses96
No. of Rukus3
No. of words428
No. of letters1723

Al-Wāqiʻa (Arabic: الواقعة; "The Inevitable" or "The Event") is the 56th surah (chapter) of the Quran. Muslims believe it was revealed in Mecca (see Meccan surah), specifically around 7 years before the Hijrah (622), the migration of Muhammad to Medina. The total number of verses in this surah is 96. It mainly discusses the afterlife according to Islam, and the different fates people will face in it.