The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the great event comes to pass, 1 no soul will deny its coming. 2 (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt; 3 When the earth will be shaken with a terrible shake. 4 The mountains bruised and crushed, 5 So that they become a scattered dust, 6 And you will become divided into three categories. 7 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 the Outstrippers, the Outstrippers 10 Those are the ones brought near [to Allah] 11 in the Gardens of Delight, 12 A [large] company of the former peoples 13 And a few from the latter. 14 On thrones decorated, 15 Reclining face to face. 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 Cups and decanters, beakers full of sparkling wine, 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 19 and with fruit of any kind that they may choose, 20 And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire. 21 and wide-eyed houris 22 like hidden pearls, 23 a recompense for that they laboured. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace. 26 The Companions of the Right 27 (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns, 28 Among Talh (banana-trees) with fruits piled one above another, 29 And in everlasting shade. 30 and flowing water 31 And fruit in plenty, 32 never-ending and unrestricted, 33 And raised couches; 34 We have indeed developed these women with an excellent development. 35 And made them virgins. 36 Loving (their husbands only), equal in age. 37 For those on the right hand; 38