CONTRASTS; (THE INEVITABLE):

CONTRASTS; (THE INEVITABLE):

56:1 - When the Event Inevitable cometh to pass,

56:7 - And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.

56:10- And those Formost (in Faith) will be Foremost ( in the Hereafter).

56:11 -These will be those Nearest to Allah:

56:12 - In Gardens of Bliss:

56:27 -The Companions of the Right Hand - What will be the Companions of the Right Hand!

56:28 (They will be) among Lote trees without thorns,

56:34- And on thrones (of Dignity), raised high.

56:35 – We have created (their Companions) of special creation,

56:36 – And made them virgin-pure (and undefiled) –

56:37 – Beloved (by nature) equal in age –

56:38 – For the Companions of the Right Hand.

56:41 - The Companions of the Left Hand - what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?

56:42 - (They will be) in the midst of a fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling water,

NOTE; 5242 – Notice the parallelism in the contrast between those in Bliss and those in Misery. The allegory in each case pursues the idea of contrast, and the allegories about Misery lose nothing by their tense brevity. The fierce Blast of Fire and the Boiling Water are in contrast to the happy Lote tree and the flowers and fruits in verses 28-29 above.

56:43 – And in the shades of Black Smoke

NOTE;:5243 – Even the shades get a different quality in the Abode of Misery: shades of black smoke in contrast to the cool and refreshing long extended shades of trees by brooks in verses 30-31 above.

56; 44 – Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:

56:52 – “ Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.

56:53 – “Then will ye fill your insides therewith,

56:54 – “And drink Boiling Water on top of it:

56:55 – “Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!”

NOTE; 5248 – A terrible picture of Misery in contrast to the Companionship of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, on Thrones of Dignity, for the Companions of the Right Hand, in verses 34-38 above.

56:56 - Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!

NOTE: 5223 - There will be sorting out of Good and Evil. Or rather, (verse 7 below), there will be three main classes. Among the Good there will be the specially exalted class, those nearest to Allah

MUQARRABUN (56:11-26) and the righteous people generally, called the Companions of the Right Hand (ASHAB AL MAYMANAH, 56:27-40). And there will be those in agony, the Companions of the Left Hand (ASHAB AL MASH’AMAH, 56:41-56). Many who were high and mighty in this life will be brought low for their sins, and many who were lowly but virtuous will be exalted to various ranks and degrees. The old landmarks will be lost in the inner world, as they will be in the outer world.