The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ WHEN WHAT IS to happen comes to pass -- 1 Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming. 2 some shall be abased and others exalted. 3 This will happen when the earth is shaken, shaken 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 Turned to dust, floating in the air, 6 And ye are classes three. 7 Companions of the Right, what are the Companions of the Right? 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 Who will be honoured 11 They are in Gardens of peace. 12 A [large] company of the former peoples 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 On studded thrones. 15 facing one another. 16 Round about them shall go youths never altering in age, 17 with goblets and ewers, and a cup from a spring 18 Whereby there shall be neither headiness nor will they be inebriated. 19 with fruits of their own choice 20 and any flesh of fowl that they desire. 21 And companions with big beautiful eyes 22 like hidden pearls, 23 A recompense for that which they have been working. 24 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech (like backbiting, etc.). 25 Only a saying: "Peace, peace." 26 Those on the Right, how fortunate are those on the Right! 27 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another. 29 And extended shade, 30 And water everflowing. 31 And abundant fruit, 32 Neither intercepted nor forbidden, 33 And carpets raised. 34 for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed, 35 and made them virgins, 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 For those on the Right Hand. 38