# Sura 56 - The Inevitable *Exported from [Holy-Writings.com](https://www.holy-writings.com/) on 2026-06-18 — 1 clipping.* --- > SURA LVI (56) - The Inevitable (Mecca - 96 verses) (XLV - 65) > > In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful > > When the day that must come shall have come suddenly, > > None shall treat that sudden coming as a lie: > > Day that shall abase! Day that shall exalt! > > When the earth shall be shaken with a shock, > > And the mountains shall be crumbled with a crumbling, > > And shall become scattered dust, > > And into three bands shall ye be divided: > > Then the people of the right hand - Oh! how happy shall be the people of > the right hand! > > And the people of the left hand - Oh! how wretched shall be the people > of the left hand! > > 56:10 And they who were foremost on earth - the foremost still. > > These are they who shall be brought nigh to God, > > In gardens of delight; > > A crown of the former > > And few of the latter generations; > > On inwrought couches > > Reclining on them face to face: > > Aye-blooming youths go round about to them > > With goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine; > > Their brows ache not from it, nor fails the sense: > > 56:20 And with such fruits as shall please them best, > > And with flesh of such birds, as they shall long for: > > And theirs shall be the Houris, with large dark eyes, like pearls hidden > in their shells, > > In recompense of their labours past. > > No vain discourse shall they hear therein, nor charge of sin, > > But only the cry, "Peace! Peace!" > > And the people of the right hand - oh! how happy shall be the people of > the right hand! > > Amid thornless sidrahs > > And talh trees clad with fruit, > > And in extended shade, > > 56:30 And by flowing waters, > > And with abundant fruits, > > Unfailing, unforbidden, > > And on lofty couches. > > Of a rare creation have we created the Houris, > > And we have made them ever virgins, > > Dear to their spouses, of equal age with them, > > For the people of the right hand, > > A crowd of the former, > > And a crowd of the latter generations. > > 56:40 But the people of the left hand - oh! how wretched shall be the people > of the left hand! > > Amid pestilential winds and in scalding water, > > And in the shadow of a black smoke, > > Not cool, and horrid to behold. > > For they truly, ere this, were blessed with worldly goods, > > But persisted in heinous sin, > > And were wont to say, > > "What! after we have died, and become dust and bones, shall we be > raised? > > And our fathers, the men of yore?" > > Say: Aye, the former and the latter: > > 56:50 Gathered shall they all be for the time of a known day. > > Then ye, O ye the erring, the gainsaying, > > Shall surely eat of the tree Ez-zakkoum, > > And fill your bellies with it, > > And thereupon shall ye drink boiling water, > > And ye shall drink as the thirst camel drinketh. > > This shall be their repast in the day of reckoning! > > We created you, will ye not credit us? > > What think ye? The germs of life - > > Is it ye who create them? or are we their creator? > > 56:60 It is we who have decreed that death should be among you; > > Yet are we not thereby hindered from replacing you with others, your > likes, or from producing you again in a form which ye know not! > > Ye have known the first creation: will ye not then reflect? > > What think ye? That which ye sow - > > Is it ye who cause its upgrowth, or do we cause it to spring forth? > > If we pleased we could so make your harvest dry and brittle that ye > would ever marvel and say, > > "Truly we have been at cost, ye are we forbidden harvest." > > What think ye of the water ye drink? > > Is it ye who send it down from the clouds, or send we it down? > > Brackish could we make it, if we pleased: will ye not then be thankful? > > 56:70 What think ye? The fire which ye obtain by friction - > > Is it ye who rear its tree, or do we rear it? > > It is we who have made it for a memorial and a benefit to the wayfarers > of the desert, > > Praise therefore the name of thy Lord, the Great. > > It needs not that I swear by the setting of the stars, > > And it is a great oath, if ye knew it, > > That this is the honourable Koran, > > Written in the preserved Book: > > Let none touch it but the purified, > > It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. > > 56:80 Such tidings as these will ye disdain? > > Will ye make it your daily bread to gainsay them? > > Why, at the momwent when the soul of a dying man shall come up into his > throat, > > And when ye are gazing at him, > > Though we are nearer to him that ye, although ye see us not: - > > Why do ye not, if ye are to escape the judgment, > > Cause that soul to return? Tell me, if ye speak the truth. > > But as to him who shall enjoy near access to God, > > His shall be repose, and pleasure, and a garden of delights. > > Yea, for him who shall be of the people of the right hand, > > 56:90 Shall be the greeting from the people of the right hand - "Peace be to > thee." > > But for him who shall be of those who treat the prophets as deceivers, > > And of the erring, > > His entertainment shall be of scalding water, > > And the broiling of hell-fire. > > Verily this is a certain truth: > > Praise therefore the name of thy Lord, the Great. > > — *Sura 56 - The Inevitable*