The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ When the forthcoming event does occur. 1 there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, 2 (it will) abase (some) and exalt (others). 3 When the earth is shaken violently, 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 and become a dust, scattered, 6 and you shall be three bands -- 7 Companions of the Right, what are the Companions of 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 those are they brought near (to their Lord) 11 In the Gardens of Pleasure, 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 They will recline on jewelled couches 15 reclining upon them, facing one another [in love]. 16 They will be served by immortal boys, 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink. 18 No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication: 19 they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose, 20 Bird meats that they relish, 21 And (there will be) Houris (fair females) with wide, lovely eyes (as wives for the pious), 22 like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells. 23 shall be their recompense for their deeds. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 Nought but the saying: peace! peace! 26 NOW AS FOR those who have attained to righteousness - what of those who have attained to righteousness? 27 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 and clustered bananas, 29 Lengthened shadows, 30 Gushing water, 31 And fruits numberless, 32 never-failing and never out of reach. 33 on raised couches. 34 and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh, 35 So made them as maidens. 36 chastely amorous, 37 For those on the right. 38