The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the event befalleth - 1 Which is bound to happen undoubtedly -- 2 The event will be abasing some, and exalting some. 3 When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking, 4 and the mountains crumbled, 5 and become a dust, scattered, 6 You shall then become three groups. 7 So those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 8 And there shall be such as will have lost themselves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil! 9 But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 (a throng of the ancients 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 (They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones), 15 reclining upon them, facing one another [in love]. 16 There will circulate among them young boys made eternal 17 With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains: 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 Also, they will be served with the fruits of their choice 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 And companions with big beautiful eyes 22 like pearls preserved in their shells, 23 as reward for their deeds. 24 They will not hear any unnecessary or sinful talk 25 except each other's greetings of, "Peace be with you". 26 And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 27 Among thornless lote-trees 28 and flower-clad acacias, 29 In shade long-extended, 30 And water poured out 31 And fruit in abundance. 32 Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden, 33 And carpets raised. 34 We have formed them in a distinctive fashion, 35 having resurrected them as virgins, 36 chastely amorous, 37 For the sake of the companions of the right hand. 38