The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ When there happeneth the Event. 1 there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, 2 Degrading (some) and exalting (others); 3 When the earth is shaken with convulsion 4 and the mountains crumbled, 5 Turned to dust, floating in the air, 6 [on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups. 7 Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 8 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand? 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 Those are they who will be brought nigh 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 a large group of the early believers, 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 On studded thrones. 15 reclining on them facing each other; 16 Youths of never-ending bloom will pass round to them 17 With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring - 18 a drink by which their minds will not be clouded nor will it cause drunkenness; 19 And with fruit from that which they choose. 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 and there shall be wide-eyed maidens, 22 The likes unto pearls hidden. 23 shall be their recompense for their deeds. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 but only the saying: 'Peace, Peace' 26 Those on the Right, how fortunate are those on the Right! 27 mid thornless lote-trees 28 and banana trees, 29 Lengthened shadows, 30 And water gushing, 31 And fruit abundant. 32 Neither intercepted nor forbidden, 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed, 35 And made them virgins, 36 Loving companions matched in age, 37 All this will be for the People on the Right; 38