English - Chapter 56 - Al-Waqiah

When the Inevitable [the Hour i.e. the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin] happens

That will make those down (dead and buried in the dust) rise up

When the earth will be shaken with a [terrible] shake

And the mountains will be crumbled with an [awful] crumbling

And become scattered dust

And you shall be [divided] into three categories

Then those on the right (righteous people) — how will those on the right be

And those on the left (unrighteous people) — how will those on the left be

And those in the front — those will be in the front

Those will be the near ones (near to their Lord)

In the Gardens of Bliss

Many from the earlier peoples

And a few from later times

On couches embedded with gold and precious stones

Reclining on them, face to face one with another

Ageless youths serving them

[Serving] with vessels, jugs and a bowl of a pure original drink

They will not have a headache or will get drunk therewit

And [they will also be served] with [a variety of] fruits to choose from

And with meat of any fowl they desire

And [there will be] Houris with beautiful eyes

[The eyes] like pearls hidden in their shells

All this theirs as a reward for what they did

No idle talk will they hear there, nor any sinful speech

All talk being of good and peace

And those people on the Right — how will those people on the Right be

They shall be in the midst of trees [with fruit-bearing branches] bent down

And banana plants growing layers of fruit

And extended shade

And running water

And fruits abundant

Inexhaustive and unforbidden

And they shall be [comfortably seated on] raised couches

We shall indeed have created them [female companions] into a new creation

And so shall have made them afres

Loving and of same age group

For the People on the Right

Many [of them will be] from the earlier peoples

And many from later times

And those People on the Left — how will those People on the Left be

In hot wind and boiling water

And under the shadow of black smoke

Neither cool nor soothing

They had indeed been in luxury before

And they had persisted in the Great Retraction

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

And our fore-fathers too

Tell them, "Indeed all — the forefathers as also the later generations

They shall all be brought together on an appointed Day

Then you — those gone astray and those that denied the Truth —

You shall all eat from the Tree of Zaqqum

And you shall fill your bellies with it

And then you shall drink boiling water thereupon

And drink it as thirsty camels do

This shall be their welcome drink on the Day of Judgment

We have created you, so why do you not accept the Truth

Do you see what you ejaculate

Are you its creator, or are We

We determine when and where any of you die and nothing can hinder Us

From replacing you by others like yourselves, or from transforming you into beings you know nothing about

And you are well aware how you were brought into being the first time. Why, then, do you not sing the Creator's praises

Do you see what you sow

Do you cause it [seed] to grow or do We

If We so wished, We could have reduced your harvest to rubble, and you would have been left exclaiming

We are certainly indeed ruined

Nay; we are dispossessed

Have you seen the water that you drink

Do you send it down from the rain cloud or do We

Had We so willed, We could have made it bitter. So why are you not grateful

Do you see the fire that you kindle

Do you make the tree — which provided you with the firewood — grow, or do We

We made it for a wayfarer in the desert to remember Allah [thereunder] and to get rest and refreshment

Chant, then, the name of your Lord, the Almighty

Then why should I [Allah] not swear by the existence of the [innumerable] stars [in the sky]

— And it is indeed a mighty oath, if only you knew —h

That this certainly indeed is a noble Qurաan

In a Book, well-preserved

None but the pure touch it

A bestowal from the Lord of the Worlds

Do you, then, take this Hadeeth [Qur'aan] of such nobility lightly

And you have made denouncing it [Qur'aan] as false, your bread and butter

Why not then, when the last breath [of a dying man] comes up to the throat

And you are at that time watching [helplessly]

And We are closer to him than you, and you do not see (Us)

Then if you are not to be brought to Judgment

[Why not then] you bring that [dead body] back to life if you are right

So if he is one of those near [to Allah]

Then peace of mind and aromatic plants and Gardens of Bliss [are all his]

And if he is one of the People on the Right

Then, "Peace to you" from the [other] Members of the Right

And if he is one of those who deny [the Truth of this Message) and go astray

Then boiling water is his welcome drink

And scorching heat of the Fire [greets him]

That indeed is the Absolute Truth

Chant, then, the name of your Lord, the Almighty