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56. That Which is Coming (1 – 40)
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1When that which is coming arrives,2no one will be able to deny it has come,3bringing low and raising high. 4When the earth is shaken violently 5and the mountains are ground to powder 6and turn to scattered dust, 7then you will be sorted into three classes.8Those on the Right —what people they are! 9Those on the Left —what people they are! 10And those in front —ahead indeed! 11For these will be the ones brought nearest to God 12in Gardens of Bliss: 13many from the past 14and a few from later generations. 15On couches of wellwoven cloth 16they will sit facing each other; 17everlasting youths will go round among them 18with glasses, flagons, and cups of a pure drink 19that causes no headache or intoxication;20[there will be] any fruit they choose; 21the meat of any bird they like; 22and beautiful companions 23like hidden pearls: 24a reward for what they used to do. 25They will hear no idle or sinful talk there, 26only clean and wholesomea Salam is used adjectivally here (Razi). Another interpretation is ‘Peace! Peace!’ speech.
27Those on the Right, what people they are! 28They will dwell amid thornless lote trees 29and clustered acacia 30with spreading shade, 31constantly flowing water, 32abundant fruits, 33unfailing, unforbidden, 34with incomparable companionsb Alternatively ‘couches raised high’. See Razi for both these interpretations. 35We have specially created —36virginal, 37loving, of matching age —38for those on the Right, 39many from the past 40and many from later generations.
