Picking up from the preceding chapter, Ar Rahman, which discusses the rewards of Paradise (jannah), this chapter also mentions them and then contrasts them with the punishment of hell. The Afterlife (akhirah) is the main topic discussed in the chapter. Some commentators, such as Ahmad ibn Ajiba consider Al-Waqi'a a continuation of Ar-Rehman. The chapter's position in the Quran, which is not determined by the revelation order, is as the 56th chapter, right after Ar-Rahman which discusses partly related topic.

The traditional Egyptian chronology puts the chapter as the 41st chapter by the order of revelation (after Al-Tur), while the NГ¶ldeke Chronology (by the orientalist Theodor NГ¶ldeke) puts it as the 46th. Some of such commentators maintain that verses 39вЂ“40 are the verses that was from the Medinan period, while some say 81вЂ“82, and others say 83. Some commentators, although not in the majority, argue that part of it was revealed during the Medinan (Madani / Madni) period. It mainly discusses the afterlife according to Islam, and the different fates people will face in it.ДЄccording to Quranic commentators, the chapter is a Meccan / Makki sura, that is, it was revealed during the Meccan period of Muhammad's (PBUH) prophethood. The total number of verses in this surah are 96.

Muslims believe it was revealed in Mecca (see Meccan surah), specifically around 7 years before the Hegira / Hijrat (622), the migration of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) to Medina (Madina / Madinah). Surat Al-Waqi'ah (Arabic: ШіЩ€Ш±Ш© Ш§Щ„Щ€Ш§Щ‚Ш№Ш©вЂЋ SЕ«rat al-WДЃqiК»ah 'The Inevitable' or 'The Event') is the 56th surah (chapter) of the Quran.

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