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| 1. * | When the inevitable day of judgement shall suddenly come, |
| 2. * | no soul shall charge the prediction of its coming with falsehood: |
| 3. * | It will abase some, and exalt others. |
| 4. * | When the earth shall be shaken with a violent shock; |
| 5. * | and the mountains shall be dashed in pieces, |
| 6. * | and shall become as dust scattered abroad; |
| 7. * | and ye shall be separated into three distinct classes: |
| 8. * | The companions of the right hand; -- how happy shall the companions of the right hand be! -- |
| 9. * | And the companions of the left hand; -- how miserable shall the companions of the left hand be! |
| 10. * | And those who have preceded others in the faith, shall precede them to paradise. |
| 11. * | These are they who shall approach near unto God: |
| 12. * | They shall dwell in gardens of delight: |
| 13. * | -- There shall be many of the former religions; |
| 14. * | and few of the last. -- |
| 15. * | Reposing on couches adorned with gold and precious stones; |
| 16. * | sitting opposite to one another thereon. |
| 17. * | Youths which shall continue in their bloom for ever, shall go round about to attend them, |
| 18. * | with goblets, and beakers, and a cup of flowing wine: |
| 19. * | Their heads shall not ache by drinking the same, neither shall their reason be disturbed: |
| 20. * | And with fruits of the sorts which they shall choose, |
| 21. * | and the flesh of birds of the kind which they shall desire. |
| 22. * | And there shall accompany them fair damsels having large black eyes; |
| 23. * | resembling pearls hidden in their shells: |
| 24. * | As a reward for that which they shall have wrought. |
| 25. * | They shall not hear therein any vain discourse, or any charge of sin; |
| 26. * | but only the salutation, Peace! Peace! |
| 27. * | And the companions of the right hand -- how happy shall the companions of the right hand be! -- |
| 28. * | shall have their abode among lote trees free from thorns, |
| 29. * | and trees of mauz loaded regularly with their produce from top to bottom; |
| 30. * | under an extended shade, |
| 31. * | near a flowing water, |
| 32. * | and amidst fruits in abundance, |
| 33. * | which shall not fail, nor shall be forbidden to be gathered: |
| 34. * | And they shall repose themselves on lofty beds: |
| 35. * | Verily We have created the damsels of paradise by a peculiar creation: |
| 36. * | And We have made them virgins, |
| 37. * | beloved by their husbands, of equal age with them; |
| 38. * | for the delight of the companions of the right hand. |
| 39. * | There shall be many of the former religions, |
| 40. * | and many of the latter. |
| 41. * | And the companions of the left hand -- how miserable shall the companions of the left hand be! -- |
| 42. * | Shall dwell amidst burning winds, and scalding water, |
| 43. * | under the shade of a black smoke, |
| 44. * | neither cool nor agreeable. |
| 45. * | For they enjoyed the pleasures of life before this, while on earth; |
| 46. * | and obstinately persisted in a heinous wickedness: |
| 47. * | And they said, after we shall have died, and become dust and bones, shall we surely be raise to life? |
| 48. * | Shall our forefathers also be raised with us? |
| 49. * | Say, verily both the first and the last, |
| 50. * | shall surely be gathered together to judgement, at the prefixed time of a known day. |
| 51. * | Then ye, O men, who have erred, and denied the resurrection as a falsehood, |
| 52. * | shall surely eat of the fruit of the tree of al Zakkum, |
| 53. * | and shall fill your bellies therewith: |
| 54. * | And ye shall drink thereon boiling water; |
| 55. * | and ye shall drink as a thirsty camel drinketh. |
| 56. * | This shall be their entertainment on the day of judgement. |
| 57. * | We have created you: Will ye not therefore believe that We can raise you from the dead? |
| 58. * | What think ye? The seed which ye emit, |
| 59. * | do ye create the same, or are we the creators thereof? |
| 60. * | We have decreed death unto you all: And We shall not be prevented. |
| 61. * | We are able to substitute others like unto you in your stead, and to produce you again in the condition or form which ye know not. |
| 62. * | Ye know the original production by creation; will ye not therefore consider that We are able to reproduce you by resuscitation? |
| 63. * | What think ye? The grain which ye sow, |
| 64. * | do ye cause the same to spring forth, or do We cause it to spring forth? |
| 65. * | If We pleased, verily We could render the same dry and fruitless, so that ye would not cease to wonder, saying, |
| 66. * | verily we have contracted debts for seed and labour; |
| 67. * | but we are not permitted to reap the fruit thereof. |
| 68. * | What think ye? The water which ye drink, |
| 69. * | do ye send down the same from the clouds, or are We the senders thereof? |
| 70. * | If We pleased, We could render the same brackish: Will ye not therefore give thanks? |
| 71. * | What think ye? The fire which ye strike, |
| 72. * | do ye produce the tree whence ye obtain the same, or are We the producers thereof? |
| 73. * | We have ordained the same for an admonition, and an advantage unto those who travel through the deserts. |
| 74. * | Wherefore praise the name of thy Lord, the great God. |
| 75. * | Moreover I swear by the setting of the stars; |
| 76. * | -- and it is surely a great oath, if ye knew it; -- |
| 77. * | that this is the excellent Koran, |
| 78. * | the original whereof is written in the preserved book: None shall touch the same, |
| 79. * | except those who are clean. |
| 80. * | It is a revelation from the Lord of all creatures. |
| 81. * | Will ye, therefore, despise this new revelation? |
| 82. * | And do ye make this return for your food which ye receive from God, that ye deny yourselves to be obliged to Him for the same? |
| 83. * | When the soul of a dying person cometh up to his throat, |
| 84. * | and ye at the same time are looking on; |
| 85. * | -- and We are nigher unto him than ye, but ye see not his true condition: -- |
| 86. * | would ye not, if ye are not to be rewarded for your actions hereafter, |
| 87. * | cause the same to return into the body, if ye speak truth? |
| 88. * | And whether he be of those who shall approach near unto God, |
| 89. * | his reward shall be rest, and mercy, and a garden of delights: |
| 90. * | Or whether he be of the companions of the right hand, |
| 91. * | he shall be saluted with the salutation, peace be unto thee! By the companions of the right hand his brethren: |
| 92. * | Or whether he be of those who have rejected the true faith, and gone astray, |
| 93. * | his entertainment shall consist of boiling water, |
| 94. * | and the burning of hell fire. |
| 95. * | Verily this is a certain truth. |
| 96. * | Wherefore praise the name of thy Lord, the great God. |