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←Prev   al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) as rendered by/in Muhammad Asad  Next→ 

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56:1  WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass
56:2  there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass
56:3  abasing [some], exalting [others]
56:4  When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe]
56:5  and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards
56:6  so that they become as scattered dust –
56:7  [on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds
56:8  Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how [happy] will be they who have attained to what is right
56:9  And there shall be such as will have lost themselves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil
56:10  But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]
56:11  they who were [always] drawn close unto God
56:12  In gardens of bliss [will they dwell]
56:13  a good many of those of olden times
56:14  but [only] a few of later times
56:15  [They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness
56:16  reclining upon them, facing one another [in love]
56:17  Immortal youths will wait upon the
56:18  with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied spring
56:19  by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk
56:20  and with fruit of any kind that they may choose
56:21  and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire
56:22  And [with them will be their] companions pure, most beautiful of eye
56:23  like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells
56:24  [And this will be] a reward for what they did [in life]
56:25  No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin
56:26  but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace
56:27  NOW AS FOR those who have attained to righteousness - what of those who have attained to righteousness
56:28  [They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit- laden lote-trees
56:29  and acacias flower-clad
56:30  and shade extended
56:31  and waters gushing
56:32  and fruit abounding
56:33  never-failing and never out of reach
56:34  And [with them will be their] spouses, raised high
56:35  for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed
56:36  having resurrected them as virgins
56:37  full of love, well-matche
56:38  with those who have attained to righteousness
56:39  a good many of olden times
56:40  and a good many of later times
56:41  BUT AS FOR those who have persevered in evil - what of those who have persevered in evil
56:42  [They will find themselves] in the midst of scorching winds, and burning despair
56:43  and the shadows of black smoke
56:44  [shadows] neither cooling nor soothing
56:45  For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures
56:46  and would persist in heinous sinning
56:47  and would say, “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead?
56:48  and perhaps, too, our forebears of old?”
56:49  Say: “Verily, those of olden times and those of later time
56:50  will indeed be gathered together at an appointed time on a Day known [only to God]
56:51  and then, verily, O you who have gone astray and called the truth a lie
56:52  you will indeed have to taste of the tree of deadly fruit
56:53  and will have to fill your bellies therewith
56:54  and will thereupon have to drink [many a draught] of burning despair
56:55  drink it as the most insatiably thirsty camels drink!”
56:56  Such will be their welcome on Judgment Day
56:57  WE who have created you, [O men:] why, then, do you not accept the truth
56:58  Have you ever considered that [seed] which you emit
56:59  Is it you who create it - or are We the source of its creation
56:60  We have [indeed] decreed that death shall be [ever-present] among you: but there is nothing to prevent Us
56:61  from changing the nature of your existence and bringing you into being [anew] in a manner [as yet] unknown to you
56:62  And [since] you are indeed aware of the [miracle of your] coming into being in the first instance - why, then, do you not bethink yourselves [of Us]
56:63  Have you ever considered the seed which you cast upon the soil
56:64  Is it you who cause it to grow - or are We the cause of its growth
56:65  [For,] were it Our will, We could indeed turn it into chaff, and you would be left to wonder [and to lament]
56:66  “Verily, we are ruined
56:67  Nay, but we have been deprived [of our livelihood]!”
56:68  Have you ever considered the water which you drink
56:69  Is it you who cause it to come down from the clouds - or are We the cause of its coming down
56:70  [It comes down sweet - but] were it Our will, We could make it burningly salty and bitter: why, then, do you not give thanks [unto Us]
56:71  Have you ever considered the fire which you kindle
56:72  Is it you who have brought into being the tree that serves as its fuel - or are We the cause of its coming into being
56:73  It is We who have made it a means to remind [you of Us], and a comfort for all who are lost and hungry in the wilderness [of their lives]
56:74  Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sustainer’s mighty name
56:75  NAY, I call to witness the coming-down in parts [of this Qur’an]
56:76  and, behold, this is indeed a most solemn affirmation, if you but knew it
56:77  Behold, it is a truly noble discourse
56:78  [conveyed unto man] in a well-guarded divine wri
56:79  which none but the pure [of heart] can touch
56:80  a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds
56:81  Would you, now, look down with disdain on a tiding like this
56:82  and make it your daily bread [as it were] to call the truth a lie
56:83  Why, then, when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man]
56:84  the while you are [helplessly] looking on
56:85  and while We are closer to him than you, although you see [Us] not -
56:86  why, then, if [you think that] you are not truly dependent [on Us]
56:87  can you not cause that [ebbing life] to return - if what you claim is true
56:88  [ALL OF YOU are destined to die.] Now if one happens to be of those who are drawn close unto God
56:89  happiness [awaits him in the life to come], and inner fulfillment, and a garden of bliss
56:90  And if one happens to be of those who have attained to righteousness
56:91  [he, too, will be welcomed into paradise with the words,] “Peace be unto thee [that art] of those who have attained to righteousness!”
56:92  But if one happens to be of those who are wont to call the truth a lie, and [thus] go astray
56:93  a welcome of burning despair [awaits him in the life to come,]
56:94  and the heat of a blazing fire
56:95  Verily, this is indeed the truth of truths
56:96  Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sustainer’s mighty name