The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ When the Terror descends 1 no soul will deny its coming. 2 (a calamitous Event) that shall turn things upside down: 3 This will happen when the earth is shaken, shaken 4 And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, 5 So that they become a scattered dust, 6 And ye will be three kinds: 7 So those on the Right Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Records in their right hands), Who will be those on the Right Hand? (As a respect for them, because they will enter Paradise). 8 And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their left hands), Who will be those on the Left Hand? (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell). 9 And the preceders are the preceders. 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 They are in Gardens of peace. 12 A multitude of those (foremost) will be from the first generations (who embraced Islam). 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 On lined couches, 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 immortal youths shall go about them 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink. 18 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness, 19 and such fruits as they shall choose, 20 Bird meats that they relish, 21 And pure, beautiful ones, 22 like hidden pearls, 23 a recompense for all that they did. 24 Therein they hear no vain or sinful discourse. 25 only the saying 'Peace, Peace!' 26 And those on the Right Hand, Who will be those on the Right Hand? 27 They will be in (the shade) of thornless lote 28 And plantains laden with fruit. 29 and amid the extended shade 30 And water everflowing. 31 And fruit in plenty, 32 Whose season is not limited, and their supply will not be cut off, 33 And raised couches. 34 Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth, 35 And have made them virgins. 36 The beloved of their husbands, of one age. 37 like of age for the Companions of the Right. 38