The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the forthcoming event does occur. 1 – and then there will be no one to deny its occurrence – 2 Abasing (one party), exalting (the other), 3 When the earth is shaken up convulsively, 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 and become like scattered dust particles, 6 [on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds. 7 Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 8 And those on the left – how (wretched) are those on the left! 9 And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race: 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 In the Gardens of Pleasure, 12 A number of the earlier peoples, 13 and how few of the later folk) 14 On couches wrought of gold, 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 they will be waited on by ageless youths 17 With cups, and jugs, and a glass from the flowing wine, 18 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness, 19 And fruit; that they may choose. 20 And the flesh of fowls that they desire. 21 And gorgeous eyed fair maidens. 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 as reward for their deeds. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 except each other's greetings of, "Peace be with you". 26 And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 27 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 Among Talh (banana-trees) with fruits piled one above another, 29 and amid the extended shade 30 Gushing water, 31 And fruit in abundance. 32 never-ending and unrestricted, 33 And raised couches; 34 Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth, 35 And have made them virgins. 36 Beloved (by nature), equal in age,- 37 For the sake of the companions of the right hand. 38