The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the Terror descends 1 There is no belying its coming to pass-- 2 The event will be abasing some, and exalting some. 3 When the earth shall be shaken to its depths, 4 and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards, 5 Turned to dust, floating in the air, 6 On that day, you (mankind) will be divided into three groups: 7 So those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 8 And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand? 9 and the Outstrippers: the Outstrippers 10 they who were [always] drawn close unto God! 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 A multitude of those of old 13 And a few of those of later time. 14 They will recline on jewelled couches 15 reclining on them facing each other; 16 immortal youths going round about them 17 With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains: 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 19 And such fruits as they fancy, 20 Bird meats that they relish, 21 And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,- 22 Like unto preserved pearls. 23 [And this will be] a reward for what they did [in life]. 24 There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination 25 Except the word peace, peace. 26 Those on the Right, how fortunate are those on the Right! 27 They will live amid the thornless lot trees 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 and shade extended, 30 And in perpetually flowing water. 31 And fruit, abundant [and varied], 32 never-ending and unrestricted, 33 And raised couches; 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 and shall have made them virgins, 36 Loving (their husbands only), equal in age. 37 for the people of the right hand 38