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When the Inevitable arrives
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no one will deny its happening,
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The earth will be rocked with a jolt
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and the mountains crumble to pieces
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and become dust that is scattered about.
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You will form three groups:
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the Companions on the Right (What do the Companions on the Right [mean]?);
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the Companions on the Left (What do the Companions on the Unlucky side [mean]?);
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and the Pioneers will be out there leading!
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Those will be the nearest
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in gardens of bliss,
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a multitude from early men
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and a few from later ones
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on couches set close together,
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leaning back on them, facing one another.
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Immortal youths will stroll around them
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with glasses, pitchers, and a cup from a fountain
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which will not upset them nor dull their senses;
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and any fruit that they may choose,
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and the meat from any fowl they may desire;
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and bright-eyed damsels [chaste] just like treasured pearls,
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as a reward for what they have been doing.
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They will not hear any idle talk there nor any fault-finding,
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merely people saying: "Peace! Peace!"
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The Companions on the Right-
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what about the Companions on the Right?
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[They will be] among hawthoms trimmed of their thorns,
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and bananas piled bunch on bunch,
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with their shade spread out,
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water pouring forth,
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and plenty of fruit
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which is neither rationed nor forbidden,
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and padded furniture raised [off the floor].
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We have produced special women
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and made them (ever) virgins,
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easy to get along with and of their same age,
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for the Companions on the Right,
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a multitude from early men
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as well as a multitude from later ones.
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The Companions on the Unlucky side, what about the Companions on the Left?
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In a scorching wind, scalding water,
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and the shade of pitch-black smoke,
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which is neither cool nor refreshing.
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They had been luxuriating before that happened
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and persisted in awesome blasphemy,
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and kept on saying: ´When we have died and become dust and bones, will we be raised up again?
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Along with our earliest forefathers?"
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SAY: "The earlier and the later ones
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will be gathered together for an appointment on a well-known day.
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Then you mistaken rejectors
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will be eating something from the Infernal Tree,
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filling (your) bellies with it
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and drinking scalding water in addition,
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lapping it up, the way thirsty [camels] drink."
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Such will be their fare on the Day for Repayment!
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We created you, if you would only acknowledge it.
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Have you ever considered what you emit?
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Did you create it, or are We its Creators?
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We have ordained death for (all of) you; no one will get ahead to prevent Us
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from changing your attributes, and transforming you into something you would never recognize.
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You know about the first transformation, if you will only recall it.
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Have you considered what you plant as crops?
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Do you farm it or are We the Farmers?
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If We so wished, We would turn it into chaff so you would do nothing but exclaim:
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"We are debt-ridden;
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in fact, we are destitute!"
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Have you ever considered the water you drink?
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Do you pour down from the rainclouds or are, We its Pourers?
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If We so wished, We might make it brackish. If you would only act grateful!
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Have you considered the Fire you kindle?
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Are you the ones who grow its trees [for firewood] or are We their Growers?
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We have granted it as a Reminder and enjoyment for those living in the wilderness.
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So celebrate your Lord´s almighty name!
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Yet I swear by the stars´ positions
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(it is a serious oath, if you only knew it!)
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that it is a Noble Quran
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[kept] as a treasured Book
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which none but the purified may touch,
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something sent down by the Lord of the Universe.
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Are you (all) trying to dodge this report?
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Are you making [the fact] that you reject it into your means of livelihood?
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Why not -when [your soul] leaps to your throat [at death]
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and you are then observing,
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(We are even Nearer to it than you are, even though you do not notice it)-
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provided you are not under any obligation,
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answer back if you are truthful...!
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Thus if he is one of those who are drawn close
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[he will have] contentment, fragrance, and a garden of bliss-
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while if he is one of the Companions on the Right:
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Peace be on you [will be the greeting) from the Companions on the Right.
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However if he is one of the mistaken rejectors
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a welcome of scalding water
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plus a roasting in Hades [will await him].
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This is the absolute Truth;
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So celebrate our Lord´s almighty name!
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