1 When the event befalleth -
2 There is no denying that it will befall -
3 Abasing (some), exalting (others);
Trivia:
Surah 56
THE EVENT (Al-Waqiah)
56:1-10
When the event happens,
some will be abased and some exalted.
4 When the earth is shaken with a shock
5 And the hills are ground to powder
6 So that they become a scattered dust,
The earth will shake with a shock.
And the hills will be ground to powder.
7 And ye will be three kinds:
8 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?
9 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand?
There will be three kinds of people:
those on the right hand,
those on the left hand,
10 And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:
and the foremost.
56:11-26
11 Those are they who will be brought nigh
12 In gardens of delight;
13 A multitude of those of old
14 And a few of those of later time.
15 On lined couches,
16 Reclining therein face to face.
The foremost group will be brought to gardens of delight,
17 There wait on them immortal youths
18 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring
19 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,
20 And fruit that they prefer
21 And flesh of fowls that they desire.
where they'll be waited on my immortal youths,
22 And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
23 Like unto hidden pearls,
24 Reward for what they used to do.
25 There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination
26 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.
and fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
like hidden pearls.
56:27-40
27 And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?
28 Among thornless lote-trees
29 And clustered plantains,
30 And spreading shade,
31 And water gushing,
32 And fruit in plenty
33 Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,
34 And raised couches;
For the group on the right,
we [Allah] have created new virgins
37 Lovers, friends,
38 For those on the right hand;
39 A multitude of those of old
40 And a multitude of those of later time.
to be their lovers and friends.