The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass, 1 there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, 2 Abasing (one party), exalting (the other), 3 When the earth is shaken with convulsion 4 And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling, 5 So that they become a scattered dust, 6 And you (all) will be in three kinds (i.e. separate groups). 7 Those on the Right -- how blessed are those on the Right! 8 And the People on the Left: and how miserable will be the People on the Left! 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 Those are the ones brought near [to Allah] 11 in the Gardens of Delight, 12 A large group from the earlier generations. 13 And a few of the later peoples, 14 On couches wrought of gold, 15 Reclining face to face. 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled with the purest wine, 18 They shall not be affected with headache thereby, nor shall they get exhausted, 19 And fruit; that they may choose. 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire. 21 And companions with big beautiful eyes 22 like pearls preserved in their shells, 23 shall be their recompense for their deeds. 24 They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse, 25 Only a saying: "Peace, peace." 26 The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 27 They shall recline on high amidst lote trees without thorns 28 and serried acacias, 29 and continuous shade, 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 and abundant fruits, 32 Neither intercepted nor forbidden, 33 And maidens incomparable. 34 Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation 35 We have made them virgins, 36 Loving, equals in age, 37 for the Companions of the Right 38