English - Chapter 56 - Al-Waqiah

When that which is coming arrives

no one will be able to deny it has come

bringing low and raising high

When the earth is shaken violently

and the mountains are ground to powder

and turn to scattered dust

then you will be sorted into three classes

Those on the Right––what people they are

Those on the Left––what people they are

And those in front––ahead indeed

For these will be the ones brought nearest to God

in Gardens of Bliss

many from the past

and a few from later generations

On couches of well-woven cloth

they will sit facing each other

everlasting youths will go round among them

with glasses, flagons, and cups of a pure drink

that causes no headache or intoxication

[there will be] any fruit they choose

the meat of any bird they like

and beautiful companions

like hidden pearls

a reward for what they used to do

They will hear no idle or sinful talk there

only clean and wholesome speech

Those on the Right, what people they are

They will dwell amid thornless lote trees

and clustered acacia

with spreading shade

constantly flowing water

abundant fruits

unfailing, unforbidden

with incomparable companions

We have specially created––

virginal

loving, of matching age––

for those on the Right

many from the past

and many from later generations

But those on the Left, what people they are

They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water

in the shadow of black smoke

neither cool nor refreshing

Before, they overindulged in luxury

and persisted in great sin

always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up

And our earliest forefathers too?’

Say [Prophet], ‘The earliest and latest generations

will all be gathered on a predetermined Day

and you who have gone astray and denied the truth

will eat from the bitter tree of Zaqqum

filling your bellies with it

and drink scalding water

lapping it like thirsty camels.’

This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgement

It was We who created you: will you not believe

Consider [the semen] you eject

do you create it yourselves or are We the Creator

We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us

if We intended to change you and recreate you in a way unknown to you

You have learned how you were first created: will you not reflect

Consider the seeds you sow in the ground

is it you who make them grow or We

If We wished, We could turn your harvest into chaff and leave you to wail

‘We are burdened with debt

we are bereft.’

Consider the water you drink

was it you who brought it down from the rain-cloud or We

If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful

Consider the fire you kindle

is it you who make the wood for it grow or We

We made it a reminder, and useful to those who kindle it

so [Prophet] glorify the name of your Lord, the Supreme

I swear by the positions of the stars

a mighty oath, if you only knew

that this is truly a noble Quran

in a protected Record

that only the purified can touch

sent down from the Lord of all being

How can you scorn this statement

And how, in return for the livelihood you are given, can you deny it

When the soul of a dying man comes up to his throat

while you gaze on

We are nearer to him than you, though you do not see Us

why, if you are not to be judged

do you not restore his soul to him, if what you say is true

If that dying person is one of those who will be brought near to God

he will have rest, ease, and a Garden of Bliss

if he is one of those on the Right

[he will hear], ‘Peace be on you,’ from his companions on the Right

but if he is one of those who denied the truth and went astray

he will be welcomed with scalding water

He will burn in Hell

This is the certain truth

[Prophet], glorify the name of your Lord the Supreme