The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ WHEN WHAT IS to happen comes to pass -- 1 there is no denying its coming 2 Abasing (one party), exalting (the other), 3 When the earth is shaken up convulsively, 4 and the mountains fragmented 5 So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light. 6 And ye shall be sorted out into three classes. 7 So those on the Right Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Records in their right hands), Who will be those on the Right Hand? (As a respect for them, because they will enter Paradise). 8 Then those of the left hand -- how (unhappy) will be those of the left hand! 9 And those who surpassed have indeed excelled. 10 those are they brought near (to their Lord) 11 In gardens of tranquility; 12 A number of the earlier peoples, 13 And a few of later ages, 14 On lined couches, 15 Reclining therein face to face. 16 they will be waited on by ageless youths 17 With cups, and jugs, and a glass from the flowing wine, 18 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness, 19 And with fruits, any that they may select: 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 And wide eyed houris 22 like pearls preserved in their shells, 23 All this shall be theirs as a reward for their deeds. 24 They will hear no nonsense there or talk of sin, 25 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace. 26 And those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 27 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,- 29 and continuous shade, 30 Gushing water, 31 and fruits abounding 32 never-ending and unforbidden. 33 And couches raised up. 34 We have formed them in a distinctive fashion, 35 having resurrected them as virgins, 36 Loving (their husbands only), equal in age. 37 For those on the right. 38