The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ When the Event will come to pass 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 abasing [some,] exalting [others]! 3 This will happen when the earth is shaken, shaken 4 And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, 5 So that they shall be as scattered dust. 6 And ye will be three kinds: 7 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 8 Companions of the Left, what are the Companions of the Left? 9 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 In Gardens of Delight. 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 And a few from the later generations. 14 (They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones), 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 Round about them shall go youths never altering in age, 17 With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring - 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 and such fruits as they shall choose, 20 And the flesh of fowls that they desire. 21 And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes, 22 Like pearls within their shells, 23 A Reward for the deeds of their past (life). 24 No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin, 25 but only the saying: 'Peace, Peace' 26 Those on the Right, how fortunate are those on the Right! 27 Midst lote-trees thornless. 28 And acacia covered with heaps of bloom, 29 and shade extended, 30 And water poured out 31 and abundant fruits, 32 Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden, 33 And couches raised up. 34 and the noble maidens that We have created 35 And have made them virgins. 36 Loving, equals in age, 37 like of age for the Companions of the Right. 38