56 - The Great Event |
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. |
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| 1 | When the Event Inevitable cometh to pass, |
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| 2 | Then will no (soul) deny its coming. |
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| 3 | (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt; |
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| 4 | When the earth shall be shaken to its depths, |
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| 5 | And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, |
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| 6 | Becoming dust scattered abroad, |
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| 7 | And ye shall be sorted out into three classes. |
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| 8 | Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand? |
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| 9 | And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand? |
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| 10 | And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). |
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| 11 | These will be those Nearest to Allah. |
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| 12 | In Gardens of Bliss: |
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| 13 | A number of people from those of old, |
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| 14 | And a few from those of later times. |
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| 15 | (They will be) on couches encrusted (with gold and precious stones), |
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| 16 | Reclining on them, facing each other. |
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| 17 | Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness), |
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| 18 | With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains: |
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| 19 | No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication: |
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| 20 | And with fruits, any that they may select: |
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| 21 | And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire. |
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| 22 | And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,- |
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| 23 | Like unto Pearls well-guarded. |
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| 24 | A Reward for the deeds of their past (life). |
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| 25 | Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any mischief,- |
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| 26 | Only the saying, "Peace! Peace". |
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| 27 | The Companions of the Right Hand,- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand? |
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| 28 | (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns, |
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| 29 | Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,- |
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| 30 | In shade long-extended, |
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| 31 | By water flowing constantly, |
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| 32 | And fruit in abundance. |
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| 33 | Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden, |
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| 34 | And on couches raised high. |
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| 35 | We have created them of special creation. |
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| 36 | And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), - |
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| 37 | Full of love (for their mates), equal in age,- |
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| 38 | For the Companions of the Right Hand. |
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| 39 | A (goodly) number from those of old, |
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| 40 | And a (goodly) number from those of later times. |
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| 41 | The Companions of the Left Hand,- What will be the Companions of the Left Hand? |
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| 42 | (They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water, |
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| 43 | And in the shades of Black Smoke: |
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| 44 | Neither cool nor refreshing: |
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| 45 | For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in sinful luxury, |
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| 46 | And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme! |
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| 47 | And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?- |
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| 48 | "(We) and our fathers of old?" |
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| 49 | Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times, |
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| 50 | "All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well-known. |
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| 51 | "Then will ye truly,- O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as Falsehood!- |
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| 52 | "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqüm. |
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| 53 | "Then will ye fill your insides therewith, |
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| 54 | "And drink Boiling Water on top of it: |
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| 55 | "Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!" |
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| 56 | Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital! |
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| 57 | It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth? |
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| 58 | Do ye then see?- The (human Seed) that ye emit,- |
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| 59 | Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators? |
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| 60 | We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated |
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| 61 | From changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (forms) that ye know not. |
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| 62 | And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do ye not take heed? |
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| 63 | See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground? |
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| 64 | Is it ye that cause it to grow, or are We the Cause? |
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| 65 | Were it Our Will, We could make it broken orts, and ye would be left in wonderment, |
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| 66 | (Saying), "We are indeed left with debts (for nothing): |
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| 67 | "Indeed we are deprived" |
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| 68 | See ye the water which ye drink? |
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| 69 | Do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We? |
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| 70 | Were it Our Will, We could make it saltish (and unpalatable): then why do ye not give thanks? |
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| 71 | See ye the Fire which ye kindle? |
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| 72 | Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it? |
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| 73 | We have made it a reminder and an article of comfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts. |
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| 74 | Then glorify the name of thy Lord, the Supreme! |
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| 75 | Furthermore I swear by the setting of the Stars,- |
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| 76 | And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew,- |
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| 77 | That this is indeed a quran most honorable, |
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| 78 | In Book well-guarded, |
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| 79 | Which none shall touch but those who are clean: |
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| 80 | A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. |
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| 81 | Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem? |
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| 82 | And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false? |
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| 83 | Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,- |
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| 84 | And ye the while (sit) looking on,- |
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| 85 | But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,- |
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| 86 | Then why do ye not,- if you are exempt from (future) account,- |
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| 87 | Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)? |
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| 88 | Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to Allah, |
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| 89 | (There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden of Delights. |
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| 90 | And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand, |
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| 91 | (For him is the salutation), "Peace be unto thee", from the Companions of the Right Hand. |
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| 92 | And if he be of those who deny (the truth), who go wrong, |
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| 93 | For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water. |
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| 94 | And burning in Hell-Fire. |
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| 95 | Verily, this is the Very Truth of assured certainty. |
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| 96 | So glorify the name of thy Lord, the Supreme. |
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