When the Calamity shall come to pass There shall not be _a soul_ that will deny its happening,[122] [It will be] an abaser _of some_, an exalter _of others_; When the earth shall be shaken with a _violent_ shaking, And the mountains shall be crumbled with a [violent] crumbling, And shall become fine dust scattered abroad; And ye shall be three classes. And the people of the right hand,[123] what [shall be] the people of the right hand![124] And the people of the left hand, what the people of the left hand![125] And the Preceders,[126] the Preceders! These [shall be] the brought-nigh [unto God] In the gardens of delight,— A crowd of the former generations, And a few of the latter generations, Upon inwrought couches Reclining thereon, face to face. Youths ever-young[127] shall go unto them round about With goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine, Their [heads] shall ache not with it neither shall they be drunken; And with fruits of the [sorts] which they shall choose, And the flesh of birds of the [kinds] which they shall desire. And damsels[128] with eyes[129] like pearls laid up _We will give them_ as a reward for that which they have done. Therein shall they hear no vain discourse nor accusation of sin, But [only] the saying, ‘Peace! Peace!’ And the people of the right hand—what [shall be] the people of the right hand! [They shall dwell] among lote-trees without thorns And bananas loaded with fruit,[130] And a shade _ever_-spread, And water _ever_-flowing, And fruits abundant Unstayed and unforbidden, And couches raised. Verily we have created them[131] by a [peculiar] creation, And have made them virgins, Beloved of their husbands, of equal age [with them], For the people of the right hand, A crowd of the former generations And a crowd of the latter generations. And the people of the left hand—what [shall be] the people of the left hand! [They shall dwell] amidst burning wind and scalding water, And a shade of blackest smoke, Not cool and not grateful. For before this they were blest with worldly goods, And they persisted in heinous sin,[132] And said, ‘When we shall have died and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised to life, And our fathers the former generations?’ SAY, Verily the former and the latter generations Shall be gathered together for the appointed time of a known day. Then ye, O ye erring, belying [people], Shall surely eat of the tree of Ez-Zaḳḳoom, And fill therewith [your] bellies, And drink thereon boiling water, And ye shall drink as thirsty camels drink.— This [shall be] their entertainment on the day of retribution. (lvi. 1-56.) XLIV.