اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ ۟ۙاِذَا وَقَعَتِ الۡوَاقِعَةُ
When the inevitable event takes place,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
لَیْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ۟ۘلَيۡسَ لِـوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ
and there can be no denying its happening,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ ۟ۙخَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ
some shall be abased and others exalted.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اِذَا رُجَّتِ الْاَرْضُ رَجًّا ۟ۙاِذَا رُجَّتِ الۡاَرۡضُ رَجًّا
When the earth is shaken violently,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا ۟ۙوَّبُسَّتِ الۡجِبَالُ بَسًّا
and the mountains are totally shattered and crumble to pieces
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنْۢبَثًّا ۟ۙفَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءً مُّنۡۢبَـثًّا
and become like scattered dust particles,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّكُنْتُمْ اَزْوَاجًا ثَلٰثَةً ۟ؕوَّكُنۡـتُمۡ اَزۡوَاجًا ثَلٰـثَـةً
[on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
Tafseer of 56:1–7
In the present world, man observes that he is free to do whatever he likes. So the question of retribution in the Hereafter makes no impact on his mind. But the formation of the ‘other world’ is just as possible as the formation of the present world. When that time comes, the whole system will be reversed. Those who were higher in position will go down and those who were lower in position will be elevated. At that time human beings will be divided into three groups, the forward group (as-sabiqun), the people of the Right (ashab al-yamin) and the people of the Left (ashab ash-shimal).