The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ When the Occurrence occurs, 1 there is no denying its coming 2 Abasing exalting. 3 When the earth is shaken 4 And the mountains are broken down, crumbling 5 they will become like dust scattered around. 6 You will become three categories: 7 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 8 And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched are the companions of the left hand! 9 But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: 10 These will be those nearest to Allah. 11 They will dwell in the Gardens of Bliss: 12 A numerous company from among the first, 13 And a few of later ages, 14 They will recline on jewelled couches 15 Reclining on them, facing one another. 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 with goblets and ewers and a cup filled with a drink drawn from a running spring, 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose, 20 and the flesh of birds, as they desire. 21 And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes, 22 like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells. 23 a recompense for all that they did. 24 They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse, 25 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace. 26 As for the people of the right hand, how happy they will be! 27 (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns, 28 and clustered bananas, 29 and extended shade, 30 and outpoured waters, 31 And fruit abundant. 32 never-failing and never out of reach. 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 and the noble maidens that We have created 35 and made them virgins, 36 Loving companions matched in age, 37 for those on the Right, 38