Chapter 56
Sūrah al-Wāqi'ah
The Inevitable Event
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1When the Occurrence occurs,
2There is, at its occurrence, no denial.
3It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].1499
4When the earth is shaken with convulsion
5And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
6And become dust dispersing,
7And you become [of] three kinds:
8Then the companions of the right – what are the companions of the right?1500
9And the companions of the left – what are companions of the left?1501
10And the forerunners, the forerunners1502 –
11Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]
12In the Gardens of Pleasure,
13A [large] company of the former peoples
14And a few of the later peoples,
15On thrones woven [with ornament],
16Reclining on them, facing each other.
17There will circulate among them young boys made eternal
18With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring –
19No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated –
20And fruit of what they select
21And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.
22And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,
23The likenesses of pearls well-protected,
24As reward for what they used to do.
25They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin –
26Only a saying [of] peace, peace.
27The companions of the right – what are the companions of the right?
28[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed
29And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]
30And shade extended
31And water poured out
32And fruit, abundant [and varied],
33Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,
34And [upon] beds raised high.
35Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation
36And made them virgins,
37Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,
38For the companions of the right [who are]
39A company of the former peoples
40And a company of the later peoples.
41And the companions of the left – what are the companions of the left?
42[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water
43And a shade of black smoke,
44Neither cool nor beneficial.
45Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
46And they used to persist in the great violation,1503
47And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
48And our forefathers [as well]?"
49Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples
50Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."
51Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,
52Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm
53And filling with it your bellies
54And drinking on top of it from scalding water
55And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.
56That is their accommodation on the
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