The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ When the event befalleth - 1 and there can be no denying its happening, 2 It will abase some and exalt others. 3 When the earth is shaken violently, 4 and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards, 5 So that they become dust seattered. 6 and you shall be three bands -- 7 So those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 8 And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left? 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 those are they brought near (to their Lord) 11 In gardens of tranquility; 12 A multitude from the ancients. 13 and a few from later times. 14 On couches wrought of gold, 15 Reclining on them, facing one another. 16 There will circulate among them young boys made eternal 17 carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled with the purest wine, 18 that will neither make the head throb, nor intoxicate, 19 And with fruit from that which they choose. 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,- 22 like pearls preserved in their shells, 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 Nought but the saying: peace! peace! 26 The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 27 Among thorn-less lote-trees. 28 and flower-clad acacias, 29 And spreading shade, 30 And in perpetually flowing water. 31 And abundant fruit, 32 unfailing and not forbidden. 33 And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high. 34 Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth, 35 and shall have made them virgins, 36 Loving (their husbands only), equal in age. 37 with those who have attained to righteousness: 38