# 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 3

- **Surah:** 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable) — سورة الواقعة
- **Verse:** 3 / 96 · **Juz:** 27 · **Mushaf page:** 533
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-3

## Arabic

خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌۙ

## Transcription

Khafidatun rafiAAa

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

bringing low, raising high.

### Progressive Muslims

It will bring low, and raise up.

### Shabbir Ahmed

Lowering some, raising others, the Great Equalizer!

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Abasing, exalting;

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

It will bring low, and raise up.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

It will lower some, and raise others.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

Degrading (some) and exalting (others);

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

### Muhammad Asad

abasing [some], exalting [others]!

### Marmaduke Pickthall

Abasing (some), exalting (others);

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

(a calamitous Event) that shall turn things upside down:[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Literally: That which causes something or somebody to rise and to fall. Its one meaning can be that it will upset every order and it will turn things upside-down. Another meaning can also be that it will exalt the lowly and bring low the high and mighty; that is, on its advent the decision as to who is noble and who is ignoble among the people will be made on quite a different basis. Those who posed as honorable people in the world would become contemptible and those who were considered contemptible would become honorable.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

It shall abase those whose mode of action incurred the destiny they brought upon themselves of coming down very low, and it shall raise and exalt in dignity those whose breasts had been filled with the profound reverence dutiful to Allah.

### Bijan Moeinian

Some people will be lowered and some raised in rank.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

Bringing low (some - those who will enter Hell) Exalting (others - those who will enter Paradise). [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

It will debase ˹some˺ and elevate ˹others˺.[1]

### Taqi Usmani

It will be abasing (some), exalting (others)

### Abdul Haleem

bringing low and raising high.

### Arthur John Arberry

abasing, exalting,

### E. Henry Palmer

abasing - exalting!

### Hamid S. Aziz

Abasing some, exalting others.

### Mahmoud Ghali

Lowering (some), raising (others)

### George Sale

It will abase some, and exalt others.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

It will bring down (many) it will raise (many others);

### Amatul Rahman Omar

(This event shall be) lowering (the status of some and) exalting (that of others).

### Ali Quli Qarai

[it will be] lowering, exalting.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Kimini) alçaltıcıdır, (kimini) yükselticidir!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

O aşağılatıcı, yücelticidir.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

O, kimini alçaltacak, kimini de yükseltecektir.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

(3-7) Yeryüzü şiddetle sarsıldığı, dağlar parça parça dağılıp saçılmış toz olduğu ve siz de üç sınıf olduğunuz zaman, O, (kimini) yükseltir, (kimini) alçaltır.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

İndirir bindirir

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

İndirir, bindirir.

### Gültekin Onan

O aşağılatıcı, yücelticidir.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

O, (kimini) alçaltıcı, (kimini) yükselticidir.

### İbni Kesir

O; alçaltıcı, yükselticidir.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

o, (bazılarını) alçaltan, (diğerlerini) yücelten(dir)!

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Yer sarsıldıkça alçalacak, sarsıldıkça yükselecektir.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

O alçaltıcı, yükselticidir (yerleri alt üst eder),

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Kimini alçaltır, kimini yükseltir.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

O'dur (bazılarını) alçaltan, (bazılarını) yücelten.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Alçaltıcıdır, yükselticidir.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Aşağılar; yüceltir.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

O (olay), kimini alçaltır, kimini de yükseltir.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

(O, bazılarını) alçaltıcı, (bazılarını) yükselticidir.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Alçaltıcıdır, yükselticidir.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Alçaltıcıdır, yükselticidir.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

O olay, (kimini) alçaltacak, (kimini de) yükseltecektir[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] O gün, kafirler alçalacak, müminler de yükselecektir ([Al-i İmran 3/106](https://quran.so/3/106)-[107,](https://quran.so/3/107) [Yunus 10/26](https://quran.so/10/26)-[27,](https://quran.so/10/27) [Hadid 57/12,](https://quran.so/57/12) [Abese 80/33](https://quran.so/80/33)-[42](https://quran.so/80/42)).

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | خَافِضَةٌۭ — khāfiḍatun | Bringing down | خفض — Kh-Fe-Dad |
| 2 | رَّافِعَةٌ — rāfiʿatun | raising up | رفع — Ra-Fe-Ayn |

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