The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ When the Event inevitable cometh to pass, 1 Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming. 2 The event will be abasing some, and exalting some. 3 This will happen when the earth is shaken, shaken 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 So that they become dust seattered. 6 And ye are classes three. 7 The people of the right hand - those whose books of records will be placed in their right hands. How happy they will be! 8 And those on the left hand; how miserable shall those on the left hand be! 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah), 11 In gardens of tranquility; 12 a good many of those of olden times, 13 and how few of the later folk) 14 On thrones decorated, 15 Reclining thereon, face to face. 16 There will circulate among them young boys made eternal 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink; 18 They shall not be affected with headache thereby, nor shall they get exhausted, 19 along with fruits of their choice; 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 And wide eyed houris 22 like the pearls in their shells: 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 Other than "Peace, peace" the salutation. 26 And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 27 (will be) among thornless Lote trees. 28 and banana trees, 29 and shade extended, 30 and outpoured waters, 31 and fruits in abundance, 32 Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden, 33 And couches raised up. 34 for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed, 35 So made them as maidens. 36 Loving, of equal age. 37 For those on the Right Hand. 38