The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ When the inevitable event takes place, 1 no soul will deny its coming. 2 It will bring low (some); (and others) it will exalt; 3 when the earth shall be rocked 4 And the mountains will be powdered to dust. 5 And become dust dispersing. 6 You will become three categories: 7 Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 8 And the People on the Left: and how miserable will be the People on the Left! 9 But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: 10 They shall be the nearest to God. 11 in the Gardens of Delight, 12 A multitude of those of old 13 but [only] a few of later times. 14 They will recline on jewelled couches 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 Immortal youths will serve them 17 with goblets, jugs and cups of crystal clear wine 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 19 And fruit of what they select 20 And the flesh of fowl such as they desire. 21 And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes, 22 Like pearls safely hidden. 23 All this shall be theirs as a reward for their deeds. 24 No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin, 25 but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace. 26 And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 27 (They will be) among thornless lote-trees, 28 And [banana] trees layered [with fruit] 29 Lengthened shadows, 30 And water gushing, 31 And fruit, abundant [and varied], 32 Unending, unforbidden, 33 And carpets raised. 34 Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation 35 And have made them virgins. 36 Loving companions matched in age, 37 For those of the right hand. 38