SECTION: 1 About what are they asking?[1] About the mighty event[2] - the theme of their disputes.[3] Very soon they shall come to know;[4] We repeat, very soon they shall come to know.[5] Is it not true that We have spread the earth like a bed,[6] and the mountains as pegs,[7] created you in pairs,[8] provided you rest in sleep,[9] made the night a mantle,[10] made the day to work for earning your livelihood,[11] built above you seven firmaments,[12] placed therein a shining lamp,[13] sent down abundant water from the clouds,[14] bringing forth grain, vegetation[15] and gardens of luxurious growth?[16] The Day of decision is already fixed.[17] On that Day, the Trumpet shall be sounded and you shall come forth in multitude.[18] The sky shall be opened as if there were doors.[19] The mountains shall vanish as if they were a mirage.[20] For sure, the hell shall lie in ambush,[21] to become a home for the transgressors.[22] There they shall live for ages,[23] in it they shall taste neither refreshment nor drink,[24] except scalding water and decaying filth:[25] a fitting recompense for their deeds.[26] For they never expected to be accountable,[27] and wittingly rejected Our revelations.[28] But We had recorded everything in a Book.[29] It will be said: “Taste the fruits of your deeds! You shall have nothing but increase in punishment."[30]
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SECTION: 2 On that Day, the righteous will certainly achieve their Heart’s desires:[31] beautiful gardens, vineyards;[32] and young women of their own age,[33] and overflowing cups;[34] they shall hear no vanity, nor any falsehood;[35] - a recompense from your Rabb and a gift beyond their account[36] from the Compassionate, Who is the Rabb of the heavens, the earth and all that lies between them; before Whom no one shall be able to speak.[37] On that Day, the Spirit (Gabriel) and the angels shall stand in their ranks; none shall speak except the one to whom the Compassionate (Allah) shall grant permission to speak, and he will speak straight to the point.[38] That Day is a sure reality. Let him who desires, seek a way back to his Rabb.[39] Indeed We have forewarned you of an imminent punishment which lies close-at-hand, on the Day when man shall see what his hands have sent forth and the unbeliever will cry: “I wish! I could remain merely dust."[40]
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