When the inevitable happens
none shall call its happening a lie!
abasing - exalting
When the earth shall quake, quaking
and the mountains shall crumble, crumbling
and become like motes dispersed
And ye shall be three sorts
And the fellows of the right hand - what right lucky fellows
And the fellows of the left hand - what unlucky fellows
And the foremost foremost
These are they who are brought nigh
In gardens of pleasure
A crowd of those of yore
And a few of those of the latter day
And gold-weft couches
reclining on them face to face
Around them shall go eternal youths
with goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine
no headache shall they feel therefrom, nor shall their wits be dimmed
And fruits such as they deem the best
And flesh of fowl as they desire
And bright and large-eyed maid
like hidden pearls
A reward for that which they have done
They shall hear no folly there and no sin
Only the speech, 'Peace, Peace!
And the fellows of the right - what right lucky fellows
Amid thornless lote trees
And tall trees with piles of fruit
And outspread shade
And water out-poured
And fruit in abundance
neither failing nor forbidden
And beds upraised
Verily, we have produced them a production
And made them virgins
darlings of equal age (with their spouses
for the fellows of the right
A crowd of those of yore
and a crowd of those of the latter day
And the fellows of the left - what unlucky fellows
In hot blasts and boiling water
And a shade of pitchy smoke
Neither cool nor generous
Verily, they were affluent ere this
and did persist in mighty crime
and used to say, 'What, when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised
or our fathers of yore?
Say, 'Verily, those of yore and those of the latter da
shall surely be gathered together unto the tryst of the well-known day.
Then ye, O ye who err! who say it is a lie
shall eat of the Zaqqum tree
and fill your bellies with it
and drink thereon of boiling water
and drink as drinks the thirsty camel
This is their entertainment on the judgment day
We created you, then why do ye not credit
Have ye considered what ye emit
Do we create it, or are we the creators
We have decreed amongst you death; but we are not forestalle
from making the likes of you in exchange, or producing you as ye know not of
Ye do know the first production - why then do ye not mind
Have ye considered what ye till
Do ye make it bear seed, or do we make it bear seed
If we pleased we could make it mere grit, so that ye would pause to marvel
'Verily, we have got into deb
and we are excluded
Have ye considered the water which ye drink
Do ye make it come down from the clouds, or do we make it come down
If we pleased we could make it pungent - why then do ye not give thanks
Have ye considered the fire which ye strike
Do ye produce the tree that gives it, or do we produce it
We have made it a memorial and a chattel for the traveller of the waste
Then celebrate the grand name of thy Lord
So I will not swear by the positions of the stars
and, verily, it is a grand oath if ye did but know
that, verily, this is the honourable Qur'an
in the laid-up Book
Let none touch it but the purified
A revelation from the Lord of the worlds
What! this new discourse will ye despise
And make for your provision, that you call it a lie
Why then - when it comes up to the throat
and ye at that time look on
though we are nearer to him than you are, but ye cannot see,
why, if ye are not to be judged
do ye not send it back, if ye do tell the truth
But either, if he be of those brought nigh to God,
then rest and fragrance and the garden of pleasure
Or, if he be of the fellows of the right
then 'Peace to thee!' from the fellows of the right
Or, if he be of those who say it is a lie,- who err
then an entertainment of boiling water
and broiling in hell
Verily, this is surely certain truth
So celebrate the grand name of thy Lord