The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the Event (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) befalls. 1 There is no belying its coming to pass-- 2 (it will) abase (some) and exalt (others). 3 When the earth shall be shaken to its depths, 4 And the mountains will be powdered to dust. 5 becoming scattered dust, 6 [on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups. 7 Those of the right hand -- how (happy) will be those of the right hand! 8 And those on the left – how (wretched) are those on the left! 9 And the Outstrippers, the Outstrippers 10 These will be those nearest to Allah. 11 They will dwell in the Gardens of Bliss: 12 a good many of those of olden times, 13 and only a few of them from the later generations. 14 (They will be) on thrones woven with gold and precious stones, 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 (and there) shall wait on them immortal youths 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink; 18 (no brows throbbing, no intoxication) 19 they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose, 20 Bird meats that they relish, 21 and fair maidens with large, lustrous eyes 22 Like unto Pearls well-guarded. 23 A Reward for the deeds of their past (life). 24 There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination 25 Nought but the saying: peace! peace! 26 And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 27 Among thornless lote-trees 28 and clustered bananas, 29 and amid the extended shade 30 and outpoured waters, 31 and abundant fruit, 32 Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden, 33 And [upon] beds raised high. 34 We have formed them in a distinctive fashion, 35 And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), - 36 full of love, well-matched 37 For those on the right hand; 38