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WHEN THAT which must come to pass (at last) comes to pass,
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there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass,
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abasing (some), exalting (others)!
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When the earth is shaken with a shaking (severe),
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and the mountains are shattered into (countless) shards,
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so that they become as scattered dust –
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(on that Day,) then, shall you be (divided into) three kinds.
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Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how (happy) will be they who have attained to what is right!
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And there shall be such as will have lost themselves in evil: oh, how (unhappy) will be they who have lost themselves in evil!
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But the foremost shall be (they who in life were) the foremost (in faith and good works):
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they who were (always) drawn close unto God!
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In gardens of bliss (will they dwell) -
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a good many of those of olden times,
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but (only) a few of later times.
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(They will be seated) on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness,
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reclining upon them, facing one another (in love).
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Immortal youths will wait upon them
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with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs
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by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk;
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and with fruit of any kind that they may choose,
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and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire.
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And (with them will be their) companions pure, most beautiful of eye,
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like unto pearls (still) hidden in their shells.
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(And this will be) a reward for what they did (in life).
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No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin,
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but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace.
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NOW AS FOR those who have attained to righteousness - what of those who have attained to righteousness?
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(They, too, will find themselves) amidst fruit- laden lote-trees,
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and acacias flower-clad,
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