56.The Inevitable 1.The Opening 2.The Cow 3.The Family of Imraan 4.The Women 5.The Table 6.The Cattle 7.The Heights 8.The Spoils of War 9.The Repentance 10.Jonas 11.Hud 12.Joseph 13.The Thunder 14.Abraham 15.The Rock 16.The Bee 17.The Night Journey 18.The Cave 19.Mary 20.Taa-Haa 21.The Prophets 22.The Pilgrimage 23.The Believers 24.The Light 25.The Criterion 26.The Poets 27.The Ant 28.The Stories 29.The Spider 30.The Romans 31.Luqman 32.The Prostration 33.The Clans 34.Sheba 35.The Originator 36.Yaseen 37.Those drawn up in Ranks 38.The letter Saad 39.The Groups 40.The Forgiver 41.Explained in detail 42.Consultation 43.Ornaments of gold 44.The Smoke 45.Crouching 46.The Dunes 47.Muhammad 48.The Victory 49.The Inner Apartments 50.The letter Qaaf 51.The Winnowing Winds 52.The Mount 53.The Star 54.The Moon 55.The Beneficent 56.The Inevitable 57.The Iron 58.The Pleading Woman 59.The Exile 60.She that is to be examined 61.The Ranks 62.Friday 63.The Hypocrites 64.Mutual Disillusion 65.Divorce 66.The Prohibition 67.The Sovereignty 68.The Pen 69.The Reality 70.The Ascending Stairways 71.Noah 72.The Jinn 73.The Enshrouded One 74.The Cloaked One 75.The Resurrection 76.Man 77.The Emissaries 78.The Announcement 79.Those who drag forth 80.He frowned 81.The Overthrowing 82.The Cleaving 83.Defrauding 84.The Splitting Open 85.The Constellations 86.The Morning Star 87.The Most High 88.The Overwhelming 89.The Dawn 90.The City 91.The Sun 92.The Night 93.The Morning Hours 94.The Consolation 95.The Fig 96.The Clot 97.The Power, Fate 98.The Evidence 99.The Earthquake 100.The Chargers 101.The Calamity 102.Competition 103.The Declining Day, Epoch 104.The Traducer 105.The Elephant 106.Quraysh 107.Almsgiving 108.Abundance 109.The Disbelievers 110.Divine Support 111.The Palm Fibre 112.Sincerity 113.The Dawn 114.Mankind 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 Prev Next 1.The Opening 2.The Cow 3.The Family of Imraan 4.The Women 5.The Table 6.The Cattle 7.The Heights 8.The Spoils of War 9.The Repentance 10.Jonas 11.Hud 12.Joseph 13.The Thunder 14.Abraham 15.The Rock 16.The Bee 17.The Night Journey 18.The Cave 19.Mary 20.Taa-Haa 21.The Prophets 22.The Pilgrimage 23.The Believers 24.The Light 25.The Criterion 26.The Poets 27.The Ant 28.The Stories 29.The Spider 30.The Romans 31.Luqman 32.The Prostration 33.The Clans 34.Sheba 35.The Originator 36.Yaseen 37.Those drawn up in Ranks 38.The letter Saad 39.The Groups 40.The Forgiver 41.Explained in detail 42.Consultation 43.Ornaments of gold 44.The Smoke 45.Crouching 46.The Dunes 47.Muhammad 48.The Victory 49.The Inner Apartments 50.The letter Qaaf 51.The Winnowing Winds 52.The Mount 53.The Star 54.The Moon 55.The Beneficent 56.The Inevitable 57.The Iron 58.The Pleading Woman 59.The Exile 60.She that is to be examined 61.The Ranks 62.Friday 63.The Hypocrites 64.Mutual Disillusion 65.Divorce 66.The Prohibition 67.The Sovereignty 68.The Pen 69.The Reality 70.The Ascending Stairways 71.Noah 72.The Jinn 73.The Enshrouded One 74.The Cloaked One 75.The Resurrection 76.Man 77.The Emissaries 78.The Announcement 79.Those who drag forth 80.He frowned 81.The Overthrowing 82.The Cleaving 83.Defrauding 84.The Splitting Open 85.The Constellations 86.The Morning Star 87.The Most High 88.The Overwhelming 89.The Dawn 90.The City 91.The Sun 92.The Night 93.The Morning Hours 94.The Consolation 95.The Fig 96.The Clot 97.The Power, Fate 98.The Evidence 99.The Earthquake 100.The Chargers 101.The Calamity 102.Competition 103.The Declining Day, Epoch 104.The Traducer 105.The Elephant 106.Quraysh 107.Almsgiving 108.Abundance 109.The Disbelievers 110.Divine Support 111.The Palm Fibre 112.Sincerity 113.The Dawn 114.Mankind