Al-Waqi'a
| الواقعة Al-Wāqiʻah The Event | |
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| Classification | Meccan |
| Position | Juzʼ 27 |
| Hizb no. | 54 |
| No. of verses | 96 |
| No. of Rukus | 3 |
| No. of words | 428 |
| No. of letters | 1723 |
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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.