The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the Occurrence occurs, 1 no soul will deny its coming. 2 abasing [some,] exalting [others]! 3 When the earth is shaken violently, 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 So that they will become floating dust particles. 6 On that day, you (mankind) will be divided into three groups: 7 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 8 Then those of the left hand -- how (unhappy) will be those of the left hand! 9 and the Outstrippers: the Outstrippers 10 They shall be the nearest to God. 11 In the Gardens of Pleasure, 12 A multitude of those (foremost) will be from the first generations (who embraced Islam). 13 And a few of those of later time. 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches, 15 Reclining on them, facing one another. 16 There will circulate among them young boys made eternal 17 Carrying bowls and pitchers – and cups filled with wine flowing before them. 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 And fruit of what they select 20 and the flesh of birds, as they desire. 21 And (there will be) Houris (fair females) with wide, lovely eyes (as wives for the pious), 22 beautiful as pearls hidden in their shells. 23 a recompense for all that they did. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 Only the saying, "Peace! Peace". 26 As for the People on the Right, how fortunate shall be the people on the Right! 27 (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns, 28 And acacia covered with heaps of bloom, 29 And shade extended 30 And in perpetually flowing water. 31 And fruit in plenty, 32 never-ending and unforbidden. 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 and made them virgins, 36 chastely amorous, 37 For the sake of the companions of the right hand. 38