The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass, 1 no soul will deny its coming. 2 abasing, exalting, 3 when the earth shall be rocked 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 and become a dust, scattered, 6 [on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups. 7 Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 8 And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their left hands), Who will be those on the Left Hand? (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell). 9 And the Outstrippers, the Outstrippers 10 It is they who are the close ones. 11 In gardens of bliss [will they dwell] 12 a large group of the early believers, 13 And a few from the later generations. 14 On studded thrones. 15 Reclining face to face. 16 They will be served by immortal boys, 17 Cups and decanters, beakers full of sparkling wine, 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 And such fruits as they fancy, 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 And [with them will be their] companions pure, most beautiful of eye, 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 a recompense for all that they did. 24 They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse, 25 Nought but the saying: peace! peace! 26 And those on the Right Hand, Who will be those on the Right Hand? 27 They shall be in the midst of thornless lote trees, 28 and banana trees, 29 and spreading shade 30 and waters gushing, 31 and fruits in abundance, 32 Neither intercepted nor forbidden, 33 and raised couches 34 Lo! We have created them a (new) creation 35 We have made them virgins, 36 chastely amorous, 37 like of age for the Companions of the Right. 38