The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ When the great event comes to pass, 1 – and then there will be no one to deny its occurrence – 2 Abasing (some), exalting (others); 3 When the earth is shaken with a shock 4 And the mountains are broken down, crumbling 5 So that they become a scattered dust, 6 And you become [of] three kinds: 7 Those on the right hand; how happy shall those on the right hand be! 8 Those on the Left -- how unlucky are those on the Left! 9 Then the foremost, how pre-excellent, 10 It is they who are the close ones. 11 in the Gardens of Delight 12 A numerous company from among the first, 13 and how few of the later folk) 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches, 15 Reclining face to face. 16 There shall go round unto them youths ever-young. 17 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring 18 neither causing headaches, nor intoxication; 19 Also, they will be served with the fruits of their choice 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 and fair maidens with large, lustrous eyes 22 like hidden pearls, 23 As recompense for all they had done. 24 Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 But only the saying of: Salam!, Salam! (greetings with peace)! 26 And those on the Right Hand, Who will be those on the Right Hand? 27 [They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed 28 And clustered plantains, 29 And spreading shade, 30 and flowing water, 31 and fruit abounding, 32 Neither ending nor forbidden. 33 And maidens incomparable. 34 for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed, 35 and made them virgins, 36 Beloved (by nature), equal in age,- 37 All this will be for the People on the Right; 38