Surah “The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming”

as rendered by Ali Quli Qara'i — 96 verses

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When the Imminent [Hour] befall
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—there is no denying that it will befall—
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[it will be] lowering, exalting
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When the earth is shaken violently
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and the mountains are shattered into bit
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and become scattered dust
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you will be three groups
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The People of the Right Hand —and what are the People of the Right Hand
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And the People of the Left Hand —and what are the People of the Left Hand
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And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones
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they are the ones brought near [to Allah]
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[who will reside] in the gardens of bliss
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A multitude from the former [generations]
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and a few from the latter ones
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On brocaded couche
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reclining on them, face to face
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They will be waited upon by immortal youths
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with goblets and ewers and a cup of a clear wine
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which neither causes them headache nor stupefaction
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and such fruits as they prefer
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and such flesh of fowls as they desire
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and big-eyed houri
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like guarded pearls
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a reward for what they used to do
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They will not hear therein any vain talk or sinful speech
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but only the watchword, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’
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And the People of the Right Hand —what are the People of the Right Hand
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Amid thornless lote tree
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and clustered spathe
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and extended shade
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and ever-flowing water
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and abundant fruits
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neither inaccessible, nor forbidden
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and noble spouses
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We have created them with a special creation
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and made them virgins
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loving, of a like age
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for the People of the Right Hand
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A multitude from the former [generations]
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and a multitude from the latter [ones]
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And the People of the Left Hand —what are the People of the Left Hand
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Amid infernal miasma and boiling water
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and the shadow of a dense black smoke
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neither cool nor beneficial
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Indeed they had been affluent before this
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and they used to persist in the great sin
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And they used to say, ‘What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected
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And our forefathers too?’
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Say, ‘Indeed the former and latter generation
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will all be gathered for the tryst of a known day
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Then indeed, you, astray deniers
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will surely eat from the Zaqqum tree
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and stuff your bellies with it
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and drink boiling water on top of it
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drinking like thirsty camels.’
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Such will be the hospitality they receive on the Day of Retribution
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We created you. Then why do you not acknowledge it
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Have you considered the sperm that you emit
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Is it you who create it, or are We the creator
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We have ordained death among you, and We are not to be outmaneuvere
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from replacing you with your likes and recreating you in [a realm] you do not know
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Certainly you have known the first genesis, then why do you not take admonition
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Have you considered what you sow
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Is it you who make it grow, or are We the grower
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If We wish, We surely turn it into chaff, whereat you are left stunned [saying to yourselves,]
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‘Indeed we have suffered loss
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Rather we are deprived!’
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Have you considered the water that you drink
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Is it you who bring it down from the rain cloud, or is it We who bring [it] down
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If We wish We can make it bitter. Then why do you not give thanks
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Have you considered the fire that you kindle
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Was it you who caused its tree to grow, or were We the grower
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It was We who made it a reminder and a boon for the desert-dwellers
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So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme
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So I swear by the places where the stars set
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And indeed it is a great oath, should you know
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This is indeed a noble Qur’an
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in a guarded Book
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—no one touches it except the pure ones—
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gradually sent down from the Lord of all the worlds
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What! Do you take lightly this discourse
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And make your denial of it your vocation
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So when it reaches the throat [of the dying person]
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and at that moment you are looking o
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—and We are nearer to him than you are, though you do not perceive—
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then why do you not, if you are not subject
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[to the Divine dispensation], restore it, should you be truthful
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Then, if he be of those brought near
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then ease, abundance, and a garden of bliss
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And if he be of the People of the Right Hand
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then ‘Peace be on you,’ [a greeting] from the People of the Right Hand
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But if he be of the impugners, the astray ones
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then a treat of boiling water
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and entry into hell
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Indeed this is certain truth
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So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme