56:1  When the Inevitable Event happens,

56:2  no one will be a denier.

56:3  Some will be humiliated, others honoured.

56:4  When the Earth trembles violently,

56:5  the mountains will crumble

56:6  and become scattered dust.

56:7  That Day you will be sorted out into three lots:

56:8  first will be people of the right hand; how wonderful will be those of the right hand!

56:9  Second will be people of the left hand; how wretched will be those of the left hand!

56:10  And third will be in the first rank, the foremost;

56:11  closest to Allah.

56:12  They will enjoy the delights of Paradise.

56:13  Many from the earlier generations,

56:14  but a few from the later generations

56:15  Resting on couches decked with jewels,

56:16  they will enjoy each other’s company face to face.

56:17  Served by young people of timeless youth

56:18  carrying glasses and jugs full of the purest wine,

56:19  which doesn’t give headache nor drunkenness,

56:20  they will choose to eat fruit of all kinds

56:21  and relish roasted bird’s meat.

56:22  Their spouses will be beautiful,

56:23  like hidden pearls.

56:24  A reward for what they used to do.

56:25  They will hear neither idle talk, nor sinful conversation,

56:26  only the greetings of peace

56:27  And the people of the right hand, how wonderful are the people of the right hand,

56:28  living among thornless cedar trees,

56:29  bunches of bananas,

56:30  widely-spread cool shade,

56:31  water fountains,

56:32  lots of fruit

56:33  never ending, never out of reach.

56:34  They will have the most beautiful partners

56:35  We especially created for them,

56:36  made them virgins,

56:37  passionately loving and young –

56:38  especially for the people of the right-hand.

56:39  Many from the earlier generations,

56:40  and many from later generations

56:41  The people of the left hand, how wretched will be those of the left hand.

56:42  They will be living in surroundings of scorching winds and boiling water

56:43  in the shadow of dark smoke,

56:44  neither cool nor comforting.

56:45  In the past life they lived in luxury,

56:46  and kept committing the grave sin of idolatry.

56:47  And said, “What, when we are dead and turned to dust and bones, will we be resurrected?

56:48  And our forefathers too?”

56:49  Tell them: “Those of the past and the later generations

56:50  will be gathered together at a fixed time on a known Day.

56:51  Then, you the misled and the deniers,

56:52  you will be forced to eat fruit from the Zaqqum tree,

56:53  filling your bellies with it,

56:54  forced to drink boiling water,

56:55  you’ll drink it like thirsty camels.”

56:56  This is their hospitality, on Judgement Day

56:57  We created you, why don’t you accept this?

56:58  Haven’t you considered the semen you emit?

56:59  Did you create it yourselves, or are We its Creator?

56:60  We decreed, death will surround you, and nothing can stop Us

56:61  from changing you and recreating you anew, something you don’t know.

56:62  Since you know well your first creation in the mother’s womb, why don’t you pay attention?

56:63  Haven’t you considered what you sow?

56:64  Do you make it grow, or are We its growers?

56:65  If We wanted, We could have turned it into a stubble after harvest, and you would be left to wonder:

56:66  “Why are we debtors!

56:67  No, in fact we have been robbed.”

56:68  Haven’t you considered the water that you drink?

56:69  Do you send the rain from clouds or are We the senders?

56:70  If We wanted we could make it bitter, so why don’t you thank Allah?

56:71  Have you considered the fire you light?

56:72  Did you make the wood or are We its makers?

56:73  We made fire a reminder of Hell and a beneficial thing for the traveller.

56:74  So glorify the Name of your Mighty Lord

56:75  I swear by the positions of the stars,

56:76  if only you knew, this is indeed a mighty oath.

56:77  Indeed this is a Majestic Quran,

56:78  stored in a hidden Book;

56:79  only the clean ones can touch it.

56:80  A Revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

56:81  So how can you disrespect Scripture like this?

56:82  And from its blessings all you could receive is denying it?

56:83  Why, then, when a dying person’s last breath comes to the throat, you can’t return it?

56:84  You watch helplessly?

56:85  Though We are closer to him than you, though you can’t see.

56:86  Why do you think that you are not dependent on Us?

56:87  If you are truthful, why can’t you cause that ebbing life to return

56:88  So the dying person if they were from the closest to Allah,

56:89  they shall be comfortable in fragrant and blissful Paradise.

56:90  And if they are from the people of the right hand,

56:91  they shall be greeted with: “Peace be with you from people of the right hand.”

56:92  But if they happen to be one of the deniers, misguided,

56:93  their welcome will be boiling water,

56:94  a blazing fire of Hell!

56:95  This is the convincing truth,

56:96  Messenger; glorify the Name of Your Mighty Lord