Surah “The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming”

as rendered by Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali — 96 verses

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When the Event (Literally: the Befalling) befalls
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There is no lying about its befalling
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Lowering (some), raising (others
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When the earth will be convulsed with a (severe) convulsion
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And the mountains crumbled with a violent crumbling
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So that they become disseminated dust particles
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And you will be three pairs
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So (as for) the companions of the Rightness, (Or: the Right Hand) what (will become) of the companions of the Rightness
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And the companions of the Sinister (befalling), what (will become) of the companions of the Sinister (befalling)? (Or: the Left Hand
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And the Outstrippers, (i.e., those who precede others) the Outstrippers
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Those are the ones to be brought near (in the Hereafter)
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In the Gardens of Bliss
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A throng of the earliest (people)
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And a few of the latest (people)
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Upon close-wrought (Or: plaited or encrusted) settees
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Reclining upon them, facing one another
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(There) go round them eternalized young men
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With goblets, and beakers, and a cup from a profuse spring
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Wherefrom their (heads) will not ache, nor will they feel exhausted
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And (such) fruits as they will freely choose
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And such flesh of birds as they crave for
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And wide-eyed huris
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As the likeness of nestled pearls
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(This is) a recompense for whatever they were doing
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Therein they will not hear any idle talk, nor any cause for vice
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Except the blissful saying, "Peace! Peace!"
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And the companions of the Right; what (will become) of the companions of the Right
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They will be among thornless lote-trees
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And Talh, (It may mean banana or acacia, which are compacted) tiered (one on another)
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And extended shade
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And outpoured water
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And many (kinds) of fruit
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Neither out of season, (Literally: cut off) nor out of reach- (i.e., unending fruits, that are not forbidden)
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And raised beddings
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Surely We have brought them (The huris) into being a (perfect) bringing up
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So We have made them virgins
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Chastely amorous, like of age
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For the companions of the Right
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A throng of the earliest (people,
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And a throng of the later (people)
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And the companions of the Left, what (will become) of the companions of the Left
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(They will be) in pestilential wind, and scalding water
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And the shade of a Smoking Blaze
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Neither cool, nor refreshing (Literally: honorable)
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Surely they were before that (living) in ease and luxury
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And they used to persist in the monstrous vileness
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And they used to say, "When we die and are dust and bones, will we surely be made to rise again
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And (also) our earliest fathers?"
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Say, (This is addressed to the Prophet) "Surely the earliest people and the later
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Will indeed be gathered to the fixed time of a known Day
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Thereafter, surely you, you erring ones, the beliers
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Indeed you will eat of the trees of Zaqqum
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So you will be filling therewith (your) bellies
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Then you will be drinking thereon of scalding water
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So you will be drinking (like) the drinking of diseased camels wandering with thirst."
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This is their hospitality on the Day of Doom
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We, Ever We, created you. Would you then sincerely admit (the Truth)
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So, have you then seen what you ejaculate
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Is it you who create it, or even are We the Creators
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We, Ever We, have determined among you Death; and in no way are We, Ever We, outstripped
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(So) that We may exchange the likes of you and bring you into being (again in a fashion) you do not know
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And indeed you have already known the earliest bringing into being; (if) had you (known), you would have been mindful
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Have you then seen (whatever) you till
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Is it you who plant it or are We, Ever We, the Planters
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If We had (so) decided We would indeed have made it crushed to pieces; then you would linger on (bitterly) exclaiming
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"Surely we are indeed penalized (for debt)
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No indeed, (but) we are dispossessed!"
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Have you then seen the water you drink
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Is it you who have sent it down from the rainy clouds or are We, Ever We, The Senders down
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If We had (so) decided, We would have made it bitter; so had you only thanked (Us)
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Have you then seen the fire you flare up
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Is it you who brought its tree into being, or are We, Ever We, The Bringers into being
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We, Ever We, have made it for a Reminder and an enjoyment for the denizens in the desert
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So extol with the Name of your Lord, The Ever-Magnificent
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Then no! I swear by the sites of the stars
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And surely it is indeed a tremendous oath, if you only know (it)
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Surely it is indeed an honorable Qur'an
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In a nestled Book
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Which none shall touch except the purified
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A successive sending down from The Lord of the worlds
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Is it, then, that you (i.e., the disbelievers) are dissimulating with this Discourse
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And making your provision (for livelihood) that you cry lies
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Then had it been that, when (the self) (i.e., the self of the dying person) reaches the gullet (of the dying)
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And you at that while of time (sit) looking on
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And We are nearer to him than you, but you do not behold
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Then had you been (sure) that, in case you are other than being doomed
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Make it return, if (ever) you are sincere
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So, as for him who in case he is of those brought near (to Us)
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Then (there will be) relief, and soothing comfort, and a Garden of Bliss
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And as for him who in case he is of the companions of the Right
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Then (it will be said), "Peace be upon you; (you are) one of the companions of the Right."
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And as for him who in case he is of the beliers (and) the erring
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Then (there will be) hospitality of scalding (water)
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And the roasting in Hell-Fire
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Surely this is indeed the very Truth of Certitude
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So extol with the Name of your Ever- Magnificent Lord