The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ When the Event inevitable cometh to pass, 1 Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming. 2 abasing, exalting, 3 When the earth will tremble, shivering. 4 And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, 5 So that they become a scattered dust, 6 [on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups. 7 Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand? 8 And the People on the Left: and how miserable will be the People on the Left! 9 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 It is they who are the close ones. 11 In gardens of delight; 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 but only a few from the later generations. 14 On studded thrones. 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink. 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 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 (there will be) Houris (fair females) with wide, lovely eyes (as wives for the pious), 22 like hidden pearls, 23 A recompense for that which they have been working. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk nor any sinful speech. 25 Except the word peace, peace. 26 The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 27 They will live amid the thornless lot trees 28 And plantains laden with fruit. 29 Lengthened shadows, 30 and flowing water, 31 And fruit in abundance. 32 Whose season is not limited, and their supply will not be cut off, 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 We have indeed developed these women with an excellent development. 35 And made them virginal, 36 Lovers, friends, 37 For those of the right hand. 38