al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) at IslamAwakened.com

56:1 When the Imminent [Hour] befalls

56:2 —there is no denying that it will befall—

56:3 [it will be] lowering and exalting.

56:4 When the earth is shaken violently,

56:5 and the mountains are shattered into bits

56:6 and become scattered dust,

56:7 you will be three groups:

56:8 The People of the Right Hand—and what are the People of the Right Hand?!

56:9 And the People of the Left Hand—and what are the People of the Left Hand?!

56:10 And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones:

56:11 they are the ones brought near [to Allah],

56:12 [who will reside] in the gardens of bliss.

56:13 A multitude from the former [generations]

56:14 and a few from the latter ones.

56:15 On brocaded couches

56:16 reclining on them, face to face.

56:17 They will be waited upon by immortal youths,

56:18 with goblets and ewers and a cup of a clear wine,

56:19 which causes them neither headache nor stupefaction,

56:20 and such fruits as they prefer

56:21 and such flesh of fowls as they desire,

56:22 and big-eyed houris

56:23 like guarded pearls,

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

56:25 They will not hear therein any vain talk or sinful speech,

56:26 but only the watchword, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’

56:27 And the People of the Right Hand—what are the People of the Right Hand?!

56:28 Amid thornless lote trees

56:29 and clustered spathes

56:30 and extended shade,

56:31 and ever-flowing water

56:32 and abundant fruits,

56:33 neither inaccessible, nor forbidden,

56:34 and noble spouses.

56:35 We have created them with a special creation,

56:36 and made them virgins,

56:37 loving, of a like age,

56:38 for the People of the Right Hand.

56:39 A multitude from the former [generations]

56:40 and a multitude from the latter [ones].

56:41 And the People of the Left Hand—what are the People of the Left Hand?!

56:42 Amid infernal miasma and boiling water

56:43 and the shadow of a dense black smoke,

56:44 neither cool nor beneficial.

56:45 Indeed they had been affluent before this,

56:46 and they used to persist in the great sin.

56:47 And they used to say, ‘What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?!

56:48 And our forefathers too?!’

56:49 Say, ‘Indeed the former and latter generations

56:50 will all be gathered for the tryst of a known day.

56:51 Then indeed, you, astray deniers,

56:52 will surely eat from the Zaqqum tree

56:53 and stuff your bellies with it,

56:54 and drink boiling water on top of it,

56:55 drinking like thirsty camels.’

56:56 Such will be the hospitality they receive on the Day of Retribution.

56:57 We created you. Then why do you not acknowledge it?

56:58 Have you considered the sperm that you emit?

56:59 Is it you who create it, or are We the creator?

56:60 We have ordained death among you, and We are not to be outmaneuvered

56:61 from replacing you with your likes and recreating you in [a realm] you do not know.

56:62 Certainly you have known the first genesis, then why do you not take admonition?

56:63 Have you considered what you sow?

56:64 Is it you who make it grow, or are We the grower?

56:65 If We wish, We turn it into chaff, whereat you are left stunned [saying to yourselves,]

56:66 ‘Indeed we have suffered loss!

56:67 No, we are deprived!’

56:68 Have you considered the water that you drink?

56:69 Is it you who bring it down from the rain cloud, or is it We who bring [it] down?

56:70 If We wish We can make it bitter. Then why do you not give thanks?

56:71 Have you considered the fire that you kindle?

56:72 Was it you who caused its tree to grow, or were We the grower?

56:73 It was We who made it a reminder and a boon for the desert-dwellers.

56:74 So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme.

56:75 I swear by the places where the stars set!

56:76 And indeed it is a great oath, should you know.

56:77 This is indeed a noble Quran,

56:78 in a guarded Book

56:79 —no one touches it except the pure ones—

56:80 sent down gradually from the Lord of all the worlds.

56:81 What! Do you take lightly this discourse?

56:82 And make your denial of it your vocation?

56:83 So when it reaches the throat [of the dying person],

56:84 and at that moment you are looking on [at his bedside]

56:85 —and We are nearer to him than you are, though you do not perceive—

56:86 then why do you not restore it, if you are not subject

56:87 [to Divine dispensation], if you are truthful?

56:88 Then, if he be of those brought near,

56:89 then ease, abundance, and a garden of bliss.

56:90 And if he be of the People of the Right Hand,

56:91 then [he will be told,] ‘Peace be on you, from the People of the Right Hand!’

56:92 But if he be of the impugners, the astray ones,

56:93 then a treat of boiling water

56:94 and entry into hell.

56:95 Indeed this is certain truth.

56:96 So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme!