The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ WHEN WHAT IS to happen comes to pass -- 1 there is no denying its coming 2 Abasing (one party), exalting (the other), 3 When the earth is shaken violently, 4 And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling, 5 So that they become dust seattered. 6 And you will become divided into three categories. 7 Those on the right hand; how happy shall those on the right hand be! 8 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand? 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 Those! they shall be the brought nigh, 11 In gardens of tranquility; 12 A large group from the earlier generations. 13 And a few of the later peoples, 14 [They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness, 15 Reclining thereon, face to face. 16 Round about them shall go youths never altering in age, 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 flesh of fowls that they desire. 21 They will have maidens with large, lovely black and white eyes, 22 Like unto preserved pearls. 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk nor any sinful speech. 25 except each other's greetings of, "Peace be with you". 26 Those on the Right, how fortunate are those on the Right! 27 Among thorn-less lote-trees. 28 And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another. 29 And a shade ever-spread. 30 and flowing water 31 and fruit abounding, 32 undiminished and never denied 33 and raised couches 34 Verily We! We have created those maidens by a creation. 35 And made them virgins, 36 chaste, loving companions of the same age 37 for the Companions of the Right 38