The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ When the Event (the resurrection) comes 1 and there can be no denying its happening, 2 Degrading (some) and exalting (others); 3 when the earth shall be rocked 4 and the mountains crumbled, 5 becoming scattered dust, 6 And you will become divided into three categories. 7 Those on the right hand; how happy shall those on the right hand be! 8 And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their left hands), Who will be those on the Left Hand? (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell). 9 As for the Foremost, they will be the foremost! 10 they who were [always] drawn close unto God! 11 They are in Gardens of peace. 12 A numerous company from among the first, 13 And a few from those of later times. 14 They will recline on jewelled couches 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 There will circulate among them young boys made eternal 17 carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled with the purest wine, 18 a drink by which their minds will not be clouded nor will it cause drunkenness; 19 And fruits that they may like. 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 and there shall be wide-eyed maidens, 22 beautiful as pearls hidden in their shells. 23 As reward for what they used to do. 24 They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin - 25 only the saying 'Peace, Peace!' 26 And the fellows on the right hand; how be happy shall the fellows on the right hand be! 27 (will be) among thornless Lote trees. 28 Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,- 29 And a shade ever-spread. 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 And fruit in abundance. 32 never-ending and unforbidden. 33 And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high. 34 Perfectly We formed them, perfect, 35 And made them virginal, 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 for the Companions of the Right 38