The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the forthcoming event does occur. 1 and there can be no denying its happening, 2 (a calamitous Event) that shall turn things upside down: 3 When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe,] 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 So that they shall be as scattered dust. 6 And you become [of] three kinds: 7 Companions of the Right, what are the Companions of the Right? 8 The people of the left hand - those whose books of records will be placed in their left hands. How miserable they will be! 9 and the Outstrippers: the Outstrippers 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 a host of the ancients 13 And a few of later ages, 14 on lavish couches 15 they shall recline, facing each other, 16 (and there) shall wait on them immortal youths 17 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 19 And fruit of what they select 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat; 21 and wide-eyed houris 22 Like pearls within their shells, 23 Reward for what they used to do. 24 They will not hear any unnecessary or sinful talk 25 Only a saying: "Peace, peace." 26 The Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 27 They will be in (the shade) of thornless lote 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 and continuous shade, 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 and an abundance of fruits, 32 Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden, 33 on raised couches. 34 Verily We! We have created those maidens by a creation. 35 And made them virginal, 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 for the people of the right hand 38