


Will ye then admit the truth?﴾57﴿ Have ye seen that which ye emit?﴾58﴿ Do ye create it or are We the Creator?﴾59﴿ We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,﴾60﴿ That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.﴾61﴿ And verily ye know the first creation.

When the event befalleth -﴾1﴿ There is no denying that it will befall -﴾2﴿ Abasing (some), exalting (others) ﴾3﴿ When the earth is shaken with a shock﴾4﴿ And the hills are ground to powder﴾5﴿ So that they become a scattered dust,﴾6﴿ And ye will be three kinds:﴾7﴿ (First) those on the right hand what of those on the right hand?﴾8﴿ And (then) those on the left hand what of those on the left hand?﴾9﴿ And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:﴾10﴿ Those are they who will be brought nigh﴾11﴿ In gardens of delight ﴾12﴿ A multitude of those of old﴾13﴿ And a few of those of later time.﴾14﴿ On lined couches,﴾15﴿ Reclining therein face to face.﴾16﴿ There wait on them immortal youths﴾17﴿ With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring﴾18﴿ Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,﴾19﴿ And fruit that they prefer﴾20﴿ And flesh of fowls that they desire.﴾21﴿ And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,﴾22﴿ Like unto hidden pearls,﴾23﴿ Reward for what they used to do.﴾24﴿ There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination﴾25﴿ (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.﴾26﴿ And those on the right hand what of those on the right hand?﴾27﴿ Among thornless lote-trees﴾28﴿ And clustered plantains,﴾29﴿ And spreading shade,﴾30﴿ And water gushing,﴾31﴿ And fruit in plenty﴾32﴿ Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,﴾33﴿ And raised couches ﴾34﴿ Lo! We have created them a (new) creation﴾35﴿ And made them virgins,﴾36﴿ Lovers, friends,﴾37﴿ For those on the right hand ﴾38﴿ A multitude of those of old﴾39﴿ And a multitude of those of later time.﴾40﴿ And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand?﴾41﴿ In scorching wind and scalding water﴾42﴿ And shadow of black smoke,﴾43﴿ Neither cool nor refreshing.﴾44﴿ Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury﴾45﴿ And used to persist in the awful sin.﴾46﴿ And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,﴾47﴿ And also our forefathers?﴾48﴿ Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time﴾49﴿ Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.﴾50﴿ Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,﴾51﴿ Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum﴾52﴿ And will fill your bellies therewith ﴾53﴿ And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,﴾54﴿ Drinking even as the camel drinketh.﴾55﴿ This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.﴾56﴿ We created you.
