| | Arthur John Arberry rendition of Surah The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming(al-Waqi`ah)
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| 56:1 | | When the Terror descend |
| 56:2 | | (and none denies its descending |
| 56:3 | | abasing, exalting |
| 56:4 | | when the earth shall be rocke |
| 56:5 | | and the mountains crumble |
| 56:6 | | and become a dust, scattered |
| 56:7 | | and you shall be three bands - |
| 56:8 | | Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right! |
| 56:9 | | Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left! |
| 56:10 | | and the Outstrippers: the Outstripper |
| 56:11 | | those are they brought nigh the Throne |
| 56:12 | | in the Gardens of Deligh |
| 56:13 | | (a throng of the ancient |
| 56:14 | | and how few of the later folk |
| 56:15 | | upon close-wrought couche |
| 56:16 | | reclining upon them, set face to face |
| 56:17 | | immortal youths going round about the |
| 56:18 | | with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a sprin |
| 56:19 | | (no brows throbbing, no intoxication |
| 56:20 | | and such fruits as they shall choose |
| 56:21 | | and such flesh of fowl as they desire |
| 56:22 | | and wide-eyed houri |
| 56:23 | | as the likeness of hidden pearls |
| 56:24 | | a recompense for that they laboured |
| 56:25 | | Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin |
| 56:26 | | only the saying 'Peace, Peace! |
| 56:27 | | The Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right! |
| 56:28 | | mid thornless lote-tree |
| 56:29 | | and serried acacias |
| 56:30 | | and spreading shad |
| 56:31 | | and outpoured waters |
| 56:32 | | and fruits aboundin |
| 56:33 | | unfailing, unforbidden |
| 56:34 | | and upraised couches |
| 56:35 | | Perfectly We formed them, perfect |
| 56:36 | | and We made them spotless virgins |
| 56:37 | | chastely amorous |
| 56:38 | | like of age for the Companions of the Right |
| 56:39 | | A throng of the ancient |
| 56:40 | | and a throng of the later folk |
| 56:41 | | The Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left! |
| 56:42 | | mid burning winds and boiling water |
| 56:43 | | and the shadow of a smoking blaz |
| 56:44 | | neither cool, neither goodly |
| 56:45 | | and before that they lived at ease |
| 56:46 | | and persisted in the Great Sin |
| 56:47 | | ever saying, 'What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised up |
| 56:48 | | What, and our fathers, the ancients? |
| 56:49 | | Say: 'The ancients, and the later fol |
| 56:50 | | shall be gathered to the appointed time of a known day |
| 56:51 | | Then you erring ones, you that cried lies |
| 56:52 | | you shall eat of a tree called Zakkoum |
| 56:53 | | and you shall fill therewith your bellie |
| 56:54 | | and drink on top of that boiling wate |
| 56:55 | | lapping it down like thirsty camels. |
| 56:56 | | This shall be their hospitality on the Day of Doom |
| 56:57 | | We created you; therefore why will you not believe |
| 56:58 | | Have you considered the seed you spill |
| 56:59 | | Do you yourselves create it, or are We the Creators |
| 56:60 | | We have decreed among you Death; We shall not be outstripped |
| 56:61 | | that We may exchange the likes of you, and make you to grow again in a fashion you know not |
| 56:62 | | You have known the first growth; so why will you not remember |
| 56:63 | | Have you considered the soil you till |
| 56:64 | | Do you yourselves sow it, or are We the Sowers |
| 56:65 | | Did We will, We would make it broken orts, and you would remain bitterly jesting - |
| 56:66 | | 'We are debt-loaded |
| 56:67 | | nay, we have been robbed! |
| 56:68 | | Have you considered the water you drink |
| 56:69 | | Did you send it down from the clouds, or did We send it |
| 56:70 | | Did We will, We would make it bitter; so why are you not thankful |
| 56:71 | | Have you considered the fire you kindle |
| 56:72 | | Did you make its timber to grow, or did We make it |
| 56:73 | | We Ourselves made it for a reminder, and a boon to the desert-dwellers |
| 56:74 | | Then magnify the Name of thy Lord, the All-mighty |
| 56:75 | | No! I swear by the fallings of the star |
| 56:76 | | (and that is indeed a mighty oath, did you but know it |
| 56:77 | | it is surely a noble Kora |
| 56:78 | | in a hidden Boo |
| 56:79 | | none but the purified shall touch |
| 56:80 | | a sending down from the Lord of all Being |
| 56:81 | | What, do you hold this discourse in disdain |
| 56:82 | | and do you make it your living to cry lies |
| 56:83 | | Why, but when the soul leaps to the throat of the dyin |
| 56:84 | | and that hour you are watchin |
| 56:85 | | (And We are nigher him than you, but you do not see Us |
| 56:86 | | why, if you are not at Our disposal |
| 56:87 | | do you not bring back his soul, if you speak truly |
| 56:88 | | Then, if he be of those brought nigh the Throne |
| 56:89 | | there shall be repose and ease, and a Garden of Delight |
| 56:90 | | and if he be a Companion of the Right |
| 56:91 | | 'Peace be upon thee, Companion of the Right! |
| 56:92 | | But if he be of them that cried lies, and went astray |
| 56:93 | | there shall be a hospitality of boiling wate |
| 56:94 | | and the roasting in Hell |
| 56:95 | | Surely this is the truth of certainty |
| 56:96 | | Then magnify the Name of thy Lord, the All-mighty |
