The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ When the event befalleth - 1 Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming. 2 (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt; 3 When the earth is shaken with a shock 4 And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling, 5 So that they will become floating dust particles. 6 And you (all) will be in three kinds (i.e. separate groups). 7 Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 8 The people of the left hand - those whose books of records will be placed in their left hands. How miserable they will be! 9 And the preceders are the preceders. 10 These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah), 11 In the Gardens of Pleasure, 12 a large group of the early believers, 13 And a few of later ages, 14 upon close-wrought couches 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 they will be waited on by ageless youths 17 with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs 18 (no brows throbbing, no intoxication) 19 with fruits of their own choice 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 And wide eyed houris 22 like pearls preserved in their shells, 23 A Reward for the deeds of their past (life). 24 They will not hear any useless speech in it, or any sin. 25 Except the saying, “Peace, peace.” 26 As for the people of the right hand, how happy they will be! 27 [They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed 28 And plantains laden with fruit. 29 And in everlasting shade. 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 and fruits abounding 32 never-ending and unforbidden. 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 And made them virgins. 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 like of age for the Companions of the Right. 38