| | Edward Henry Palmer rendition of Surah The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming(al-Waqi`ah)
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| 56:1 | | When the inevitable happens |
| 56:2 | | none shall call its happening a lie! |
| 56:3 | | abasing - exalting |
| 56:4 | | When the earth shall quake, quaking |
| 56:5 | | and the mountains shall crumble, crumbling |
| 56:6 | | and become like motes dispersed |
| 56:7 | | And ye shall be three sorts |
| 56:8 | | And the fellows of the right hand - what right lucky fellows |
| 56:9 | | And the fellows of the left hand - what unlucky fellows |
| 56:10 | | And the foremost foremost |
| 56:11 | | These are they who are brought nigh |
| 56:12 | | In gardens of pleasure |
| 56:13 | | A crowd of those of yore |
| 56:14 | | And a few of those of the latter day |
| 56:15 | | And gold-weft couches |
| 56:16 | | reclining on them face to face |
| 56:17 | | Around them shall go eternal youths |
| 56:18 | | with goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine |
| 56:19 | | no headache shall they feel therefrom, nor shall their wits be dimmed |
| 56:20 | | And fruits such as they deem the best |
| 56:21 | | And flesh of fowl as they desire |
| 56:22 | | And bright and large-eyed maid |
| 56:23 | | like hidden pearls |
| 56:24 | | A reward for that which they have done |
| 56:25 | | They shall hear no folly there and no sin |
| 56:26 | | Only the speech, 'Peace, Peace! |
| 56:27 | | And the fellows of the right - what right lucky fellows |
| 56:28 | | Amid thornless lote trees |
| 56:29 | | And tall trees with piles of fruit |
| 56:30 | | And outspread shade |
| 56:31 | | And water out-poured |
| 56:32 | | And fruit in abundance |
| 56:33 | | neither failing nor forbidden |
| 56:34 | | And beds upraised |
| 56:35 | | Verily, we have produced them a production |
| 56:36 | | And made them virgins |
| 56:37 | | darlings of equal age (with their spouses |
| 56:38 | | for the fellows of the right |
| 56:39 | | A crowd of those of yore |
| 56:40 | | and a crowd of those of the latter day |
| 56:41 | | And the fellows of the left - what unlucky fellows |
| 56:42 | | In hot blasts and boiling water |
| 56:43 | | And a shade of pitchy smoke |
| 56:44 | | Neither cool nor generous |
| 56:45 | | Verily, they were affluent ere this |
| 56:46 | | and did persist in mighty crime |
| 56:47 | | and used to say, 'What, when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised |
| 56:48 | | or our fathers of yore? |
| 56:49 | | Say, 'Verily, those of yore and those of the latter da |
| 56:50 | | shall surely be gathered together unto the tryst of the well-known day. |
| 56:51 | | Then ye, O ye who err! who say it is a lie |
| 56:52 | | shall eat of the Zaqqum tree |
| 56:53 | | and fill your bellies with it |
| 56:54 | | and drink thereon of boiling water |
| 56:55 | | and drink as drinks the thirsty camel |
| 56:56 | | This is their entertainment on the judgment day |
| 56:57 | | We created you, then why do ye not credit |
| 56:58 | | Have ye considered what ye emit |
| 56:59 | | Do we create it, or are we the creators |
| 56:60 | | We have decreed amongst you death; but we are not forestalle |
| 56:61 | | from making the likes of you in exchange, or producing you as ye know not of |
| 56:62 | | Ye do know the first production - why then do ye not mind |
| 56:63 | | Have ye considered what ye till |
| 56:64 | | Do ye make it bear seed, or do we make it bear seed |
| 56:65 | | If we pleased we could make it mere grit, so that ye would pause to marvel |
| 56:66 | | 'Verily, we have got into deb |
| 56:67 | | and we are excluded |
| 56:68 | | Have ye considered the water which ye drink |
| 56:69 | | Do ye make it come down from the clouds, or do we make it come down |
| 56:70 | | If we pleased we could make it pungent - why then do ye not give thanks |
| 56:71 | | Have ye considered the fire which ye strike |
| 56:72 | | Do ye produce the tree that gives it, or do we produce it |
| 56:73 | | We have made it a memorial and a chattel for the traveller of the waste |
| 56:74 | | Then celebrate the grand name of thy Lord |
| 56:75 | | So I will not swear by the positions of the stars |
| 56:76 | | and, verily, it is a grand oath if ye did but know |
| 56:77 | | that, verily, this is the honourable Qur'an |
| 56:78 | | in the laid-up Book |
| 56:79 | | Let none touch it but the purified |
| 56:80 | | A revelation from the Lord of the worlds |
| 56:81 | | What! this new discourse will ye despise |
| 56:82 | | And make for your provision, that you call it a lie |
| 56:83 | | Why then - when it comes up to the throat |
| 56:84 | | and ye at that time look on |
| 56:85 | | though we are nearer to him than you are, but ye cannot see, |
| 56:86 | | why, if ye are not to be judged |
| 56:87 | | do ye not send it back, if ye do tell the truth |
| 56:88 | | But either, if he be of those brought nigh to God, |
| 56:89 | | then rest and fragrance and the garden of pleasure |
| 56:90 | | Or, if he be of the fellows of the right |
| 56:91 | | then 'Peace to thee!' from the fellows of the right |
| 56:92 | | Or, if he be of those who say it is a lie,- who err |
| 56:93 | | then an entertainment of boiling wate |
| 56:94 | | and broiling in hell |
| 56:95 | | Verily, this is surely certain truth |
| 56:96 | | So celebrate the grand name of thy Lord |
