ADHIKR

This Surath got the name Al-Vaqia (the Inevitable Event) from the first verse, which says ‘When the inevitable event happens’. This Surath was revealed in the middle period of the Messenger’s Meccan life with the revelation of Surath 20.

This Surath informs that on the happening of the Day of Judgment, everyone will testify it. It is told in this Surath that those who are given the Lord’s Book will be sorted into three groups. In this Surath, it is separately mentioned that the comforts and ranks of the forerunners, who will enter Paradise without Trial, will get in Paradise, and the favors and pleasures the believers who will enter Paradise after Trial (companions of the right hand) will get in Paradise. It is warned in this Surath that those who will enter Hell after Trial (companions of the left hand) will fill their bellies from the ‘Zakhoom tree’ and will drink the boiling water just like the thirsty camel drinks the water, and will suffer different types of punishment.

This Surath commands mankind to understand the aim behind the creation of mankind by thinking about their own creation, the germination of plants, the water they drink without having any ingredients of salt, the source of the fire they use, etc., and thus commands to be ready to answer on the Day of Judgment about the life of this world after the age of fifteen. This Surath also warns that the Fujjar, who make their food rejecting Adhikr—the Honorable Reading from the Lord of the universe—and consider Adhikr just like ointment applied on the skin, are not identifying the soul and the aim of life, so that they are the companions of the left hand who will be roasted in Hellfire. This Surath, containing 96 verses, ends by proclaiming that Adhikr is the confirming Truth and commanding to glorify the Honorable Lord.