The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the Event will come to pass 1 no soul will deny its coming. 2 Degrading (some) and exalting (others); 3 When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking, 4 and the mountains fragmented 5 So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light. 6 And ye will be three kinds: 7 Those on the Right -- how blessed are those on the Right! 8 Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left!) 9 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 It is they who are the close ones. 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 a good many of those of olden times, 13 but [only] a few of later times. 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches, 15 Reclining thereon facing each other. 16 They will be served by immortal boys, 17 with goblets and ewers and a cup filled with a drink drawn from a running spring, 18 which will not cause them any intoxication or illness. 19 they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose, 20 And the flesh of fowl such as they desire. 21 and there shall be wide-eyed maidens, 22 The like of the hidden pearls: 23 a recompense for all that they did. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace. 26 And those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 27 [They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed 28 Bananatrees, piled 29 and spreading shade 30 and gushing water, 31 and abundant fruits, 32 never-ending and unrestricted, 33 And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high. 34 Verily We! We have created those maidens by a creation. 35 And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), - 36 Lovers, friends, 37 for the people of the right hand 38