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When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,

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Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.

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(Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;

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When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,

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And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,

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Becoming dust scattered abroad,

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And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.

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Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand?

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And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?

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And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).

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These will be those Nearest to Allah.

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In Gardens of Bliss:

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A number of people from those of old,

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And a few from those of later times.

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(They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones),

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Reclining on them, facing each other.

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Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness),

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With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains:

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No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication:

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And with fruits, any that they may select:

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And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.

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And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,-

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Like unto Pearls well-guarded.

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A Reward for the deeds of their past (life).

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Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,-

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Only the saying, "Peace! Peace".

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The Companions of the Right Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Right Hand?

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(They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns,

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Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,-

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In shade long-extended,

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By water flowing constantly,

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And fruit in abundance.

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Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden,

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And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.

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We have created (their Companions) of special creation.

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And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -

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Beloved (by nature), equal in age,-

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For the Companions of the Right Hand.

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A (goodly) number from those of old,

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And a (goodly) number from those of later times.

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The Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?

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(They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,

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And in the shades of Black Smoke:

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Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:

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For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),

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And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

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And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-

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"(We) and our fathers of old?"

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Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,

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"All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well-known.