The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the Event inevitable cometh to pass, 1 there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, 2 It will bring low (some); (and others) it will exalt; 3 When the earth is violently shaken 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light. 6 And you (all) will be in three kinds (i.e. separate groups). 7 Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how [happy] will be they who have attained to what is right! 8 And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left? 9 And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race: 10 Who will be honoured 11 In the Gardens of delight (Paradise). 12 a large group of the early believers, 13 and a few from later times. 14 (They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones), 15 they shall recline, facing each other, 16 (and there) shall wait on them immortal youths 17 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 And fruit that they prefer 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 They will have maidens with large, lovely black and white eyes, 22 like pearls preserved in their shells, 23 shall be their recompense for their deeds. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 only the words of peace and tranquillity. 26 The Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 27 They will be in (the shade) of thornless lote 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 And shade extended 30 and flowing water, 31 and fruits abounding 32 never-ending and unforbidden. 33 And maidens incomparable. 34 We have created (their Companions) of special creation. 35 We have made them virgins, 36 Loving companions matched in age, 37 For those on the right hand; 38