The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ When the inevitable event takes place, 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 Abasing (some), exalting (others); 3 When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe,] 4 and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards, 5 and become a dust, scattered, 6 And you shall be three sorts. 7 The people of the right hand - those whose books of records will be placed in their right hands. How happy they will be! 8 Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left!) 9 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 Who will be honoured 11 In the gardens of bliss. 12 A numerous company from among the first, 13 and how few of the later folk) 14 on lavish couches 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 immortal youths going round about them 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink. 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 And fruits that they may like. 20 And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire. 21 and fair maidens with large, lustrous eyes 22 like pearls preserved in their shells, 23 a recompense for that they laboured. 24 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech (like backbiting, etc.). 25 only the saying 'Peace, Peace!' 26 The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 27 Midst lote-trees thornless. 28 Bananatrees, piled 29 And extended shade, 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 And fruits numberless, 32 never-failing and never out of reach. 33 And raised couches. 34 and the noble maidens that We have created 35 and shall have made them virgins, 36 Loving companions matched in age, 37 For those on the right. 38