The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ When the inevitable event takes place, 1 (and none denies its descending) 2 some shall be abased and others exalted. 3 when the earth shall be rocked 4 and the mountains crumbled, 5 So that they become a scattered dust, 6 And you become [of] three kinds: 7 Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 8 And there shall be such as will have lost themselves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil! 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 (The foremost ones) will be the nearest ones to God 11 In Gardens of Delight. 12 (a throng of the ancients 13 And a few of the later peoples, 14 On thrones decorated, 15 reclining on them facing each other; 16 Surrounded by immortal boys. 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink; 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 and such fruits as they shall choose, 20 And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire. 21 And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,- 22 beautiful as pearls hidden in their shells. 23 A Reward for the deeds of their past (life). 24 There they shall hear no idle talk nor any sinful speech. 25 only the saying 'Peace, Peace!' 26 The Companions of the Right 27 Midst lote-trees thornless. 28 Among Talh (banana-trees) with fruits piled one above another, 29 In shade long-extended, 30 and flowing water, 31 and fruit abounding, 32 Neither ending nor forbidden. 33 And raised couches. 34 Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth, 35 and made them virgins, 36 Beloved (by nature), equal in age,- 37 with those who have attained to righteousness: 38