- When the event befalleth -
- There is no denying that it will befall -
- Abasing (some), exalting (others);
- When the earth is shaken with a shock
- And the hills are ground to powder
- So that they become a scattered dust,
- And ye will be three kinds:
- (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right
hand ?
- And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left
hand ?
- And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:
- Those are they who will be brought nigh
- In gardens of delight;
- A multitude of those of old
- And a few of those of later time.
- On lined couches,
- Reclining therein face to face.
- There wait on them immortal youths
- With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring
- Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,
- And fruit that they prefer
- And flesh of fowls that they desire.
- And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
- Like unto hidden pearls,
- Reward for what they used to do.
- There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination
- (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.
- And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
- Among thornless lote-trees
- And clustered plantains,
- And spreading shade,
- And water gushing,
- And fruit in plenty
- Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,
- And raised couches;
- Lo! We have created them a (new) creation
- And made them virgins,
- Lovers, friends,
- For those on the right hand;
- A multitude of those of old
- And a multitude of those of later time.
- And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand ?
- In scorching wind and scalding water
- And shadow of black smoke,
- Neither cool nor refreshing.
- Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury
- And used to persist in the awful sin.
- And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust
and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,
- And also our forefathers ?
- Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of
later time
- Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.
- Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,
- Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum
- And will fill your bellies therewith;
- And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,
- Drinking even as the camel drinketh.
- This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.
- We created you. Will ye then admit the truth ?
- Have ye seen that which ye emit ?
- Do ye create it or are We the Creator ?
- We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,
- That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.
- And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not
reflect ?
- Have ye seen that which ye cultivate ?
- Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer ?
- If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye
cease not to exclaim:
- Lo! we are laden with debt!
- Nay, but we are deprived!
- Have ye observed the water which ye drink ?
- Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder
?
- If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye
not thanks ?
- Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;
- Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the
grower ?
- We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the
dwellers in the wilderness.
- Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the
Tremendous.
- Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
- And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
- That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an
- In a Book kept hidden
- Which none toucheth save the purified,
- A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
- Is it this Statement that ye scorn,
- And make denial thereof your livelihood ?
- Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the
dying)
- And ye are at that moment looking
- - And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -
- Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),
- Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful ?
- Thus if he is of those brought nigh,
- Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.
- And if he is of those on the right hand,
- Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the
right hand.
- But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,
- Then the welcome will be boiling water
- And roasting at hell-fire.
- Lo! this is certain truth.
- Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the
Tremendous.