When that which is coming arrives
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One of the 240 subdivisions of the Quran (quarter of a Hizb)
When that which is coming arrives
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no one will be able to deny it has come
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bringing low and raising high
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When the earth is shaken violently
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and the mountains are ground to powder
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and turn to scattered dust
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then you will be sorted into three classes
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Those on the Right––what people they are
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Those on the Left––what people they are
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And those in front––ahead indeed
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For these will be the ones brought nearest to God
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in Gardens of Bliss
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many from the past
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and a few from later generations
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On couches of well-woven cloth
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they will sit facing each other
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everlasting youths will go round among them
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with glasses, flagons, and cups of a pure drink
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that causes no headache or intoxication
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[there will be] any fruit they choose
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the meat of any bird they like
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and beautiful companions
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like hidden pearls
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a reward for what they used to do
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They will hear no idle or sinful talk there
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only clean and wholesome speech
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Those on the Right, what people they are
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They will dwell amid thornless lote trees
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and clustered acacia
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with spreading shade
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constantly flowing water
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abundant fruits
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unfailing, unforbidden
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with incomparable companions
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We have specially created––
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virginal
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loving, of matching age––
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for those on the Right
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many from the past
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and many from later generations
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But those on the Left, what people they are
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They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water
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in the shadow of black smoke
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neither cool nor refreshing
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Before, they overindulged in luxury
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and persisted in great sin
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always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up
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And our earliest forefathers too?’
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Say [Prophet], ‘The earliest and latest generations
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will all be gathered on a predetermined Day
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and you who have gone astray and denied the truth
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will eat from the bitter tree of Zaqqum
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filling your bellies with it
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and drink scalding water
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lapping it like thirsty camels.’
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This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgement
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It was We who created you: will you not believe
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Consider [the semen] you eject
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do you create it yourselves or are We the Creator
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We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us
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if We intended to change you and recreate you in a way unknown to you
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You have learned how you were first created: will you not reflect
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Consider the seeds you sow in the ground
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is it you who make them grow or We
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If We wished, We could turn your harvest into chaff and leave you to wail
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‘We are burdened with debt
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we are bereft.’
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Consider the water you drink
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was it you who brought it down from the rain-cloud or We
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If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful
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Consider the fire you kindle
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is it you who make the wood for it grow or We
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We made it a reminder, and useful to those who kindle it
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so [Prophet] glorify the name of your Lord, the Supreme
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