| | Mohammad Shafi rendition of Surah The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming(al-Waqi`ah)
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| 56:1 | | When the Inevitable [the Hour i.e. the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin] happen |
| 56:2 | | None would there be to deny its happening &mdash |
| 56:3 | | That will make those down (dead and buried in the dust) rise up |
| 56:4 | | When the earth will be shaken with a [terrible] shak |
| 56:5 | | And the mountains will be crumbled with an [awful] crumbling |
| 56:6 | | And become scattered dus |
| 56:7 | | And you shall be [divided] into three categorie |
| 56:8 | | Then those on the right (righteous people) — how will those on the right be |
| 56:9 | | And those on the left (unrighteous people) — how will those on the left be |
| 56:10 | | And those in the front — those will be in the front |
| 56:11 | | Those will be the near ones (near to their Lord) |
| 56:12 | | In the Gardens of Bliss |
| 56:13 | | Many from the earlier people |
| 56:14 | | And a few from later times |
| 56:15 | | On couches embedded with gold and precious stone |
| 56:16 | | Reclining on them, face to face one with anothe |
| 56:17 | | Ageless youths serving the |
| 56:18 | | [Serving] with vessels, jugs and a bowl of a pure original drin |
| 56:19 | | They will not have a headache or will get drunk therewi |
| 56:20 | | And [they will also be served] with [a variety of] fruits to choose fro |
| 56:21 | | And with meat of any fowl they desir |
| 56:22 | | And [there will be] Houris with beautiful eye |
| 56:23 | | [The eyes] like pearls hidden in their shell |
| 56:24 | | All this theirs as a reward for what they di |
| 56:25 | | No idle talk will they hear there, nor any sinful speech |
| 56:26 | | All talk being of good and peace |
| 56:27 | | And those people on the Right — how will those people on the Right be |
| 56:28 | | They shall be in the midst of trees [with fruit-bearing branches] bent dow |
| 56:29 | | And banana plants growing layers of frui |
| 56:30 | | And extended shad |
| 56:31 | | And running wate |
| 56:32 | | And fruits abundan |
| 56:33 | | Inexhaustive and unforbidde |
| 56:34 | | And they shall be [comfortably seated on] raised couches |
| 56:35 | | We shall indeed have created them [female companions] into a new creatio |
| 56:36 | | And so shall have made them afre |
| 56:37 | | Loving and of same age grou |
| 56:38 | | For the People on the Righ |
| 56:39 | | Many [of them will be] from the earlier people |
| 56:40 | | And many from later times |
| 56:41 | | And those People on the Left — how will those People on the Left be |
| 56:42 | | In hot wind and boiling wate |
| 56:43 | | And under the shadow of black smok |
| 56:44 | | Neither cool nor soothin |
| 56:45 | | They had indeed been in luxury befor |
| 56:46 | | And they had persisted in the Great Retractio |
| 56:47 | | And they used to say, "Once we are dead and are reduced to dust and bones, shall we then be raised to a new life!?" |
| 56:48 | | "And our fore-fathers too!?" |
| 56:49 | | Tell them, "Indeed all — the forefathers as also the later generations!" |
| 56:50 | | "They shall all be brought together on an appointed Day." |
| 56:51 | | Then you — those gone astray and those that denied the Truth &mdash |
| 56:52 | | You shall all eat from the Tree of Zaqqu |
| 56:53 | | And you shall fill your bellies with it |
| 56:54 | | And then you shall drink boiling water thereupo |
| 56:55 | | And drink it as thirsty camels do |
| 56:56 | | This shall be their welcome drink on the Day of Judgment |
| 56:57 | | We have created you, so why do you not accept the Truth |
| 56:58 | | Do you see what you ejaculate |
| 56:59 | | Are you its creator, or are We |
| 56:60 | | We determine when and where any of you die and nothing can hinder U |
| 56:61 | | From replacing you by others like yourselves, or from transforming you into beings you know nothing about |
| 56:62 | | And you are well aware how you were brought into being the first time. Why, then, do you not sing the Creator's praises |
| 56:63 | | Do you see what you sow |
| 56:64 | | Do you cause it [seed] to grow or do We |
| 56:65 | | If We so wished, We could have reduced your harvest to rubble, and you would have been left exclaiming |
| 56:66 | | "We are certainly indeed ruined!" |
| 56:67 | | "Nay; we are dispossessed!" |
| 56:68 | | Have you seen the water that you drink |
| 56:69 | | Do you send it down from the rain cloud or do We |
| 56:70 | | Had We so willed, We could have made it bitter. So why are you not grateful |
| 56:71 | | Do you see the fire that you kindle |
| 56:72 | | Do you make the tree — which provided you with the firewood — grow, or do We |
| 56:73 | | We made it for a wayfarer in the desert to remember Allah [thereunder] and to get rest and refreshment |
| 56:74 | | Chant, then, the name of your Lord, the Almighty |
| 56:75 | | Then why should I [Allah] not swear by the existence of the [innumerable] stars [in the sky] |
| 56:76 | | — And it is indeed a mighty oath, if only you knew —h |
| 56:77 | | That this certainly indeed is a noble Qurաa |
| 56:78 | | In a Book, well-preserve |
| 56:79 | | None but the pure touch i |
| 56:80 | | A bestowal from the Lord of the Worlds |
| 56:81 | | Do you, then, take this Hadeeth [Qur'aan] of such nobility lightly |
| 56:82 | | And you have made denouncing it [Qur'aan] as false, your bread and butter |
| 56:83 | | Why not then, when the last breath [of a dying man] comes up to the throat |
| 56:84 | | And you are at that time watching [helplessly |
| 56:85 | | And We are closer to him than you, and you do not see (Us |
| 56:86 | | Then if you are not to be brought to Judgmen |
| 56:87 | | [Why not then] you bring that [dead body] back to life if you are right |
| 56:88 | | So if he is one of those near [to Allah |
| 56:89 | | Then peace of mind and aromatic plants and Gardens of Bliss [are all his] |
| 56:90 | | And if he is one of the People on the Righ |
| 56:91 | | Then, "Peace to you" from the [other] Members of the Right |
| 56:92 | | And if he is one of those who deny [the Truth of this Message) and go astra |
| 56:93 | | Then boiling water is his welcome drin |
| 56:94 | | And scorching heat of the Fire [greets him] |
| 56:95 | | That indeed is the Absolute Truth |
| 56:96 | | Chant, then, the name of your Lord, the Almighty |
