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When the Inevitable Event takes place,

then no one can deny it has come.

It will debase ˹some˺ and elevate ˹others˺.¹

When the earth will be violently shaken,

and the mountains will be crushed to pieces,

becoming scattered ˹particles of˺ dust,

you will ˹all˺ be ˹divided into˺ three groups:

the people of the right, how ˹blessed˺ will they be;

the people of the left, how ˹miserable˺ will they be;

and the foremost ˹in faith˺ will be the foremost ˹in Paradise˺.

They are the ones nearest ˹to Allah˺,

in the Gardens of Bliss.

˹They will be˺ a multitude from earlier generations

and a few from later generations.

˹All will be˺ on jewelled thrones,

reclining face to face.