The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass, 1 there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, 2 Degrading (some) and exalting (others); 3 When the earth is shaken 4 and the mountains will crumble 5 So that they shall be as scattered dust. 6 And you shall be three sorts. 7 Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 8 And those on the left hand; how miserable shall those on the left hand be! 9 And the Outstrippers, the Outstrippers 10 Those are they who will be brought nigh 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 A multitude from the ancients. 13 and only a few of them from the later generations. 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches, 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 Youths of never-ending bloom will pass round to them 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink; 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 19 And with fruits, any that they may select: 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat; 21 And companions with big beautiful eyes 22 like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells. 23 a recompense for that they laboured. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace. 26 The Companions of the Right 27 (will be) among thornless Lote trees. 28 and flower-clad acacias, 29 And a shade ever-spread. 30 And in perpetually flowing water. 31 And fruit in plenty 32 Unending, unforbidden, 33 and raised couches 34 We have formed them in a distinctive fashion, 35 and made them virgins, 36 Beloved (by nature), equal in age,- 37 For the sake of the companions of the right hand. 38