| | Rashad Khalifa rendition of Surah The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming(al-Waqi`ah)
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| 56:1 | | When the inevitable comes to pass. |
| 56:2 | | Nothing can stop it from happening. |
| 56:3 | | It will lower some, and raise others. |
| 56:4 | | The earth will be shaken up. |
| 56:5 | | The mountains will be wiped out. |
| 56:6 | | As if they never existed. |
| 56:7 | | You will be stratified into three kinds. |
| 56:8 | | Those who deserved bliss will be in bliss. |
| 56:9 | | Those who deserved misery will be in misery. |
| 56:10 | | Then there is the elite of the elite. |
| 56:11 | | They are those who will be closest (to God). |
| 56:12 | | In the gardens of bliss. |
| 56:13 | | Many from the first generations. |
| 56:14 | | Few from the later generations. |
| 56:15 | | On luxurious furnishings. |
| 56:16 | | Enjoying everything, they will be neighbors. |
| 56:17 | | Serving them will be immortal servants. |
| 56:18 | | With cups, pitchers and pure drinks. |
| 56:19 | | They never run out, nor do they get bored. |
| 56:20 | | Fruits of their choice. |
| 56:21 | | Meat of birds that they desire. |
| 56:22 | | Beautiful mates. |
| 56:23 | | Like protected pearls. |
| 56:24 | | Rewards for their works. |
| 56:25 | | They never hear any nonsense therein, nor sinful utterances. |
| 56:26 | | Only the utterance: "Peace, peace." |
| 56:27 | | Those of the right side, will be on the right side. |
| 56:28 | | In lush orchards |
| 56:29 | | Fragrant fruits. |
| 56:30 | | Extended shade. |
| 56:31 | | Abundant water. |
| 56:32 | | Many fruits. |
| 56:33 | | Never ending; never forbidden. |
| 56:34 | | Luxurious furnishings. |
| 56:35 | | We create for them mates. |
| 56:36 | | Never previously touched. |
| 56:37 | | Perfectly matched. |
| 56:38 | | For those on the right side. |
| 56:39 | | Many from the early generations. |
| 56:40 | | Many from the later generations. |
| 56:41 | | Those of the left, will be on the left. |
| 56:42 | | In misery and inferno. |
| 56:43 | | Even their shade is hot. |
| 56:44 | | Never cool, never tolerable. |
| 56:45 | | They used to be rich. |
| 56:46 | | They insisted on the great blasphemy. |
| 56:47 | | They said, "After we die and turn to dust and bones, we get resurrected? |
| 56:48 | | "Does this include our forefathers?" |
| 56:49 | | Say, "The early generations and the later generations. |
| 56:50 | | "Will be summoned to a meeting on a predetermined day. |
| 56:51 | | "Then you, O disbelieving strayers. |
| 56:52 | | "Will eat from the trees of bitterness. |
| 56:53 | | "Filling your bellies therefrom. |
| 56:54 | | "Then drinking on top of it hellish drinks. |
| 56:55 | | "Then adding drinks of sand." |
| 56:56 | | Such is their share on the Day of Judgment. |
| 56:57 | | We have created you, if you could only believe! |
| 56:58 | | Have you noted the semen that you produce? |
| 56:59 | | Did you create it, or did we? |
| 56:60 | | We have predetermined death for you. Nothing can stop us - |
| 56:61 | | from substituting new generations in your place, and establishing what you do not know. |
| 56:62 | | You know about the first creation. Do you not remember? |
| 56:63 | | Have you noted the crops you reap? |
| 56:64 | | Did you grow them, or did we? |
| 56:65 | | If we will, we can turn it into hay. Then you will lament: |
| 56:66 | | "We lost. |
| 56:67 | | "We are deprived." |
| 56:68 | | Have you noted the water you drink? |
| 56:69 | | Did you send it down from the clouds, or did we? |
| 56:70 | | If we will, we can make it salty. You should be thankful. |
| 56:71 | | Have you noted the fire you ignite? |
| 56:72 | | Did you initiate its tree, or did we? |
| 56:73 | | We rendered it a reminder, and a useful tool for the users. |
| 56:74 | | You shall glorify the name of your Lord, the Great. |
| 56:75 | | I swear by the positions of the stars. |
| 56:76 | | This is an oath, if you only knew, that is awesome. |
| 56:77 | | This is an honorable Quran. |
| 56:78 | | In a protected book. |
| 56:79 | | None can grasp it except the sincere. |
| 56:80 | | A revelation from the Lord of the universe. |
| 56:81 | | Are you disregarding this narration? |
| 56:82 | | Do you make it your business that you disbelieve? |
| 56:83 | | When the time comes and it (your soul) reaches your throat - |
| 56:84 | | you will then look around. |
| 56:85 | | We are closer to it than you are, but you do not see. |
| 56:86 | | If it is true that you do not owe any accounting - |
| 56:87 | | why do you not restore (your soul), if you are truthful? |
| 56:88 | | If he is one of those close to Me - |
| 56:89 | | then joy, flowers, and gardens of bliss. |
| 56:90 | | And if he is one of the right - |
| 56:91 | | peace is the lot of those on the right. |
| 56:92 | | But if he is one of the disbelievers, the strayers - |
| 56:93 | | then an abode of inferno - |
| 56:94 | | and burning in Hell. |
| 56:95 | | This is the absolute truth. |
| 56:96 | | You shall glorify the name of your Lord, the Great. |
