The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ When the great event comes to pass, 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 some shall be abased and others exalted. 3 When the earth will tremble, shivering. 4 and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards, 5 Becoming dust scattered abroad, 6 And ye will be three kinds: 7 So those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 8 And those on the left hand; how miserable shall those on the left hand be! 9 But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: 10 These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah), 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 A number of people from those of old, 13 but [only] a few of later times. 14 On couches in wrought with gold. 15 reclining on them facing each other; 16 There wait on them immortal youths 17 with goblets and ewers and a cup filled with a drink drawn from a running spring, 18 that will neither make the head throb, nor intoxicate, 19 And with fruit from that which they choose. 20 And the flesh of fowl such as they desire. 21 And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,- 22 like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells. 23 The reward for what they did. 24 They will hear no nonsense there or talk of sin, 25 but only the saying: 'Peace, Peace' 26 The Companions of the Right Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Right Hand? 27 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 and serried acacias, 29 and spreading shade 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 and an abundance of fruits, 32 Whose season is not limited, and their supply will not be cut off, 33 And maidens incomparable. 34 Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth, 35 And made them virgins, 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 For the fellows on the right hand. 38