The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ When the Event inevitable cometh to pass, 1 And there can be no denying of its befalling. 2 abasing, exalting, 3 when the earth shall be rocked 4 And the mountains will be powdered to dust. 5 they will become like dust scattered around. 6 And you (all) will be in three kinds (i.e. separate groups). 7 Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 8 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand? 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 Who will be honoured 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 A number of people from those of old, 13 And a few of those of later time. 14 On couches wrought of gold, 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 Youths of never-ending bloom will pass round to them 17 with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 19 And with fruits, any that they may select: 20 And meat of birds that they may wish. 21 And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes, 22 The likes unto pearls hidden. 23 Reward for what they used to do. 24 Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace. 26 And those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 27 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 and clustered bananas, 29 and spreading shade 30 and flowing water, 31 and fruits abounding 32 Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden, 33 And [upon] beds raised high. 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 And made them virgins. 36 loving companions, matching in age, 37 For the Companions of the Right Hand. 38