The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass, 1 Then none will be able to deny its occurrence. 2 It will abase some and exalt others. 3 When the earth is shaken 4 And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, 5 and will scatter abroad into fine dust. 6 And you shall be three sorts. 7 The People on the Right: and how fortunate will be the People on the Right! 8 And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched are the companions of the left hand! 9 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 Who will be honoured 11 They will dwell in the Gardens of Bliss: 12 (a throng of the ancients 13 And a few of the later peoples, 14 upon close-wrought couches 15 facing one another. 16 Round about them shall go youths never altering in age, 17 carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled with the purest wine, 18 neither causing headaches, nor intoxication; 19 and such fruits as they shall choose, 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 and there shall be wide-eyed maidens, 22 like hidden pearls, 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 Except the saying, “Peace, peace.” 26 As for those of the right hand -- how (happy) those of the right hand -- 27 They shall be in the midst of thornless lote trees, 28 And clusters of banana plants. 29 And in everlasting shade. 30 Gushing water, 31 and fruits in abundance, 32 Whose season is not limited, and their supply will not be cut off, 33 And raised couches; 34 and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh, 35 having resurrected them as virgins, 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 for those on the Right, 38