Al-Waqi'ah

When the Inevitable Event comes, no one will deny it. It will bring some down and raise others up. The earth will be shaken and the mountains crumbled to dust, and you will be three groups. The foremost, brought near to Allah, will be in Gardens of delight on couches, served cups from a flowing spring, with fruit and whatever they desire, hearing no idle talk, only “Peace, peace.” The people of the right will be among thornless lote trees, spreading shade and flowing water. The people of the left will be in scorching wind and boiling water, under a shadow of black smoke. They lived in luxury, persisted in great sin and said, “When we have died, will we really be raised?” Say, “The first and the last will all be gathered,” and those who denied will eat from the tree of Zaqqum. Then consider: the seed you emit, do you create it, or are We the Creator? We have decreed death for everyone. What you sow, do you make it grow? The water you drink, did you send it down from the clouds? The fire you light, did you make its tree? So glorify the name of your Lord, the Great. I swear by the positions of the stars, and that is a mighty oath if you only knew, that this is a noble Quran, in a protected Book, which only the purified touch. And when the soul reaches the throat of a dying person while you look on, We are nearer to him than you, but you do not see. If he is one of those brought near, there will be rest, fragrance and a Garden of delight. If he is one of those who denied, there will be boiling water and the Fire. This is the certain truth, so glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.