al-Wāqi‘ah

When the Imminent [Hour] befalls

— Ali Quli Qarai

—there is no denying that it will befall—

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[it will be] lowering and exalting.

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When the earth is shaken violently,

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and the mountains are shattered into bits

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and become scattered dust,

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you will be three groups:

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The People of the Right Hand—and what are the People of the Right Hand?!

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And the People of the Left Hand—and what are the People of the Left Hand?!

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And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones:

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they are the ones brought near [to Allah],

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[who will reside] in the gardens of bliss.

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A multitude from the former [generations]

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and a few from the latter ones.

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On brocaded couches

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reclining on them, face to face.

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They will be waited upon by immortal youths,

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with goblets and ewers and a cup of a clear wine,

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which causes them neither headache nor stupefaction,

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and such fruits as they prefer

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and such flesh of fowls as they desire,

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and big-eyed houris

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like guarded pearls,

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a reward for what they used to do.

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They will not hear therein any vain talk or sinful speech,

— Ali Quli Qarai

but only the watchword, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’

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And the People of the Right Hand—what are the People of the Right Hand?!

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Amid thornless lote trees

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and clustered spathes

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and extended shade,

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and ever-flowing water

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and abundant fruits,

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neither inaccessible, nor forbidden,

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and noble spouses.

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We have created them with a special creation,

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and made them virgins,

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loving, of a like age,

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for the People of the Right Hand.

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A multitude from the former [generations]

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and a multitude from the latter [ones].

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And the People of the Left Hand—what are the People of the Left Hand?!

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Amid infernal miasma and boiling water

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and the shadow of a dense black smoke,

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neither cool nor beneficial.

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Indeed they had been affluent before this,

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and they used to persist in the great sin.

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And they used to say, ‘What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?!

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And our forefathers too?!’

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Say, ‘Indeed the former and latter generations

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will all be gathered for the tryst of a known day.

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Then indeed, you, astray deniers,

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will surely eat from the Zaqqum tree

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and stuff your bellies with it,

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and drink boiling water on top of it,

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drinking like thirsty camels.’

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Such will be the hospitality they receive on the Day of Retribution.

— Ali Quli Qarai

We created you. Then why do you not acknowledge it?

— Ali Quli Qarai

Have you considered the sperm that you emit?

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Is it you who create it, or are We the creator?

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We have ordained death among you, and We are not to be outmaneuvered

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from replacing you with your likes and recreating you in [a realm] you do not know.

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Certainly you have known the first genesis, then why do you not take admonition?

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Have you considered what you sow?

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Is it you who make it grow, or are We the grower?

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If We wish, We turn it into chaff, whereat you are left stunned [saying to yourselves,]

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‘Indeed we have suffered loss!

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No, we are deprived!’

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Have you considered the water that you drink?

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Is it you who bring it down from the rain cloud, or is it We who bring [it] down?

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If We wish We can make it bitter. Then why do you not give thanks?

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Have you considered the fire that you kindle?

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Was it you who caused its tree to grow, or were We the grower?

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It was We who made it a reminder and a boon for the desert-dwellers.

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So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme.

— Ali Quli Qarai

I swear by the places where the stars set!

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And indeed it is a great oath, should you know.

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This is indeed a noble Quran,

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in a guarded Book

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—no one touches it except the pure ones—

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sent down gradually from the Lord of all the worlds.

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What! Do you take lightly this discourse?

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And make your denial of it your vocation?

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So when it reaches the throat [of the dying person],

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and at that moment you are looking on [at his bedside]

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—and We are nearer to him than you are, though you do not perceive—

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then why do you not restore it, if you are not subject

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[to Divine dispensation], if you are truthful?

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Then, if he be of those brought near,

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then ease, abundance, and a garden of bliss.

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And if he be of the People of the Right Hand,

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then [he will be told,] ‘Peace be on you, from the People of the Right Hand!’

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But if he be of the impugners, the astray ones,

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then a treat of boiling water

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and entry into hell.

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Indeed this is certain truth.

— Ali Quli Qarai

So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme!

— Ali Quli Qarai