SURAH
56: AL WAQI`AH (The Inevitable).
In the name of Allah, the Gracious,
the Merciful
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When the inevitable comes to pass,
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Then will no one entertain falsehood concerning its coming.
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It will bring low; it will exalt;
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When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,
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And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,
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Becoming dust scattered abroad,
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And you shall be sorted out into three classes.
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The companions of the right hand; what will be the companions of the right hand?
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And the companions of the left hand, what will be the companions of the left
hand?
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And those foremost will be foremost.
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These will be those nearest to Allah:
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In gardens of bliss:
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A number of people from those of old,
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And a few from those of later times.
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On thrones encrusted,
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Reclining on them, facing each other.
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Waiting on them will be immortal youths,
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With goblets, beakers, and cups from clear flowing fountains:
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No headache will they receive from it, nor will they suffer intoxication:
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And with fruits, any that they may select;
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And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.
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And companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,
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Like pearls well guarded.
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A reward for the deeds of their past.
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No frivolity will they hear in it, nor any taint of ill,
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Only the saying, Peace! Peace.
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The companions of the right hand, what will be the companions of the right
hand?
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Among lote trees without thorns,
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Among fruit trees with flowers piled one above another,
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In shade long extended,
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By water flowing constantly,
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And fruit in abundance.
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Whose season is not limited, nor forbidden,
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And on thrones raised high.
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We have created a special creation.
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And made pure virgins,
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Beloved, equal in age,
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For the companions of the right hand.
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A number from those of old,
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And a number from those of later times.
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The companions of the left hand, what will be the companions of the left hand?
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In the midst of a fierce blast of fire and in boiling water,
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And in the shades of black smoke:
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Nothing to refresh, nor to please:
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For that they used to indulge in wealth,
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And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!
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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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And our fathers of old?
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Say: Yes, those of old and those of later times,
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All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a day
well known.
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Then will you truly, O you that go wrong, and treat truth as falsehood!
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You will surely taste of the tree of Zaqqum.
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Then will you fill your insides therewith,
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And drink boiling water on top of it:
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Indeed you shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!
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Such will be their entertainment on the day of judgment!
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It is we who have created you: why will you not witness the truth?
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Do you then see? What you throw out,
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Is it you who create it, or are we the creators?
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We have decreed death to be your common lot, and we are not to be frustrated
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From changing your forms and creating you as what you know not.
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And you certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do you not
celebrate his praises?
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Do you see the seed that you sow in the ground?
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Is it you that cause it to grow, or are we the cause?
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Were it our will, we could crumble it to dry powder, and you would be left in
wonderment,
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We are indeed left with debts,
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Indeed we are shut out.
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Do you see the water which you drink?
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Do you bring it down from the cloud or do we?
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Were it our will, we could make it salt: then why do you not give thanks?
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Do you see the fire which you kindle?
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Is it you who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do we grow it?
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We have made it a memorial, and an article of comfort and convenience for the
denizens of deserts.
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Then celebrate with praises the name of your Lord, the supreme!
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Furthermore I
call to witness the setting of the stars,
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And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if you but knew,
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That this is indeed a Quran most honourable,
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In a book well guarded,
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Which none shall touch but those who are clean:
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A revelation from the Lord of the universe.
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Is it such a message that you would hold in light esteem?
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And have you made it your livelihood that you should declare it false?
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Then why do you not when it reaches the throat,
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And while you are looking on,
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But we are nearer to him than you, and yet you don't see,
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Then why do you not, if you are exempt from account,
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Call back the soul, if you are true?
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Thus, then, if he be of those nearest to Allah,
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Rest and satisfaction, and a garden of delights.
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And if he be of the companions of the right hand,
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Peace be to you, from the companions of the right hand.
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And if he be of those who treat truth as falsehood, who go wrong,
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For him is entertainment with boiling water,
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And burning in hell fire.
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Truly, this is the very truth and certainty.
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So celebrate with praises the name of your Lord, the supreme.