# Sura  56 - The Inevitable

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> THE CHAPTER OF THE INEVITABLE
> (LVI. Mecca.)
> IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
> When the inevitable happens; none shall call its
> happening a lie!- abasing- exalting!
> When the earth shall quake, quaking! and the mountains
> shall crumble, crumbling, and become like motes dispersed!
> And ye shall be three sorts;
> And the fellows of the right hand-what right lucky
> fellows!
> And the fellows of the left hand-what unlucky fellows!
> And the foremost foremost!
> These are they who are brought nigh,
> In gardens of pleasure!
> A crowd of those of yore,
> And a few of those of the latter day!
> And gold-weft couches, reclining on them face to face.
> Around them shall go eternal youths, with goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine; no headache shall they feel therefrom, nor shall their wits be dimmed!
> And fruits such as they deem the best;
> And flesh of fowl as they desire;
> And bright and large-eyed maids like hidden pearls;
> A reward for that which they have done!
> They shall hear no folly there and no sin;
> Only the speech, 'Peace, Peace!'
> And the fellows of the right-what right lucky fellows!
> Amid thornless lote trees.
> And tal'h trees with piles of fruit;
> And outspread shade,
> And water out-poured;
> And fruit in abundance, neither failing nor forbidden;
> And beds upraised!
> Verily, we have produced them a production.
> And made them virgins, darlings of equal age
> (with their spouses) for the fellows of the right!
> A crowd of those of yore, and a crowd of those of the
> latter day!
> And the fellows of the left-what unlucky fellows!
> In hot blasts and boiling water;
> And a shade of pitchy smoke,
> Neither cool nor generous!
> Verily, they were affluent ere this, and did persist in
> mighty crime; and used to say, 'What, when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised? or our fathers of yore?'
> Say, 'Verily, those of yore and those of the latter day
> shall surely be gathered together unto the tryst of the well-known day.'
> Then ye, O ye who err! who say it is a lie! shall eat of
> the Zaqqum tree! and fill your bellies with it! and drink thereon of boiling water! and drink as drinks the thirsty camel.
> This is their entertainment on the judgment day!
> We created you, then why do ye not credit?
> Have ye considered what ye emit?
> Do we create it, or are we the creators?
> We have decreed amongst you death; but we are not
> forestalled from making the likes of you in exchange, or producing you as ye know not of.
> Ye do know the first production-why then do ye not mind?
> Have ye considered what ye till?
> Do ye make it bear seed, or do we make it bear seed?
> If we pleased we could make it mere grit, so that ye
> would pause to marvel:
> 'Verily,we have got into debt and we are excluded.'
> Have ye considered the water which ye drink?
> Do ye make it come down from the clouds, or do we make
> it come down?
> If we pleased we could make it pungent-why then do ye
> not give thanks?
> Have ye considered the fire which ye strike?
> Do ye produce the tree that gives it, or do we
> produce it?
> We have made it a memorial and a chattel for the
> traveller of the waste?
> Then celebrate the grand name of thy Lord!
> So I will not swear by the positions of the stars; and,
> verily, it is a grand oath if ye did but know-that, verily, this is the honourable Koran- in the laid-up Book!
> Let none touch it but the purified!
> A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
> What! this new discourse will ye despise?
> And make for your provision, that you call it a lie?
> Why then-when it comes up to the throat, and ye at that time look on, though we are nearer to him than you are, but ye cannot see,- why, if ye are not to be judged, do ye not send it back, if ye do tell the truth?
> But either, if he be of those brought nigh to God,- then rest and fragrance and the garden of pleasure!
> Or, if he be of the fellows of the right! then 'Peace to thee!' from the fellows of the right!
> Or, if he be of those who say it is a lie,-who err! Then an entertainment of boiling water! and broiling in hell!
> Verily, this is surely certain truth!
> So celebrate the grand name of thy Lord!
>
> — *Sura  56 - The Inevitable*