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 Which is bound to happen undoubtedly -- 2 Abasing exalting. 3 When the earth is shaken with a shock 4 and the mountains are totally shattered and crumble to pieces 5 and become a dust, scattered, 6 [on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds. 7 Companions of the Right, what are the Companions of the Right? 8 Companions of the Left, what are the Companions of the Left? 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 Those! they shall be the brought nigh, 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 A numerous company from among the first, 13 And a few of later ages, 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches, 15 facing one another. 16 There wait on them immortal youths 17 Cups and decanters, beakers full of sparkling wine, 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose, 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire. 21 And wide eyed houris 22 like hidden pearls, 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin - 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 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 and serried acacias, 29 Lengthened shadows, 30 Gushing water, 31 and fruits abounding 32 That will neither finish, nor ever be stopped. 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 We have formed them in a distinctive fashion, 35 We have made them virgins, 36 loving companions, matching in age, 37 For those on the right hand; 38