The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass, 1 Which is bound to happen undoubtedly -- 2 It will bring low (some); (and others) it will exalt; 3 When the earth is shaken with convulsion 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 becoming scattered dust, 6 [on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups. 7 Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 8 And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left? 9 and the Outstrippers: the Outstrippers 10 Those are the ones brought near [to Allah] 11 in the Gardens of Delight, 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 (They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones), 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 Immortal youths will serve them 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink. 18 a drink by which their minds will not be clouded nor will it cause drunkenness; 19 And fruit that they prefer 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 And gorgeous eyed fair maidens. 22 The likenesses of pearls well-protected, 23 Reward for what they used to do. 24 No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin, 25 But only the saying of: Salam!, Salam! (greetings with peace)! 26 The Companions of the Right 27 [They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed 28 and clustered bananas, 29 And shade extended 30 And water everflowing. 31 And fruit in abundance. 32 never-ending and unforbidden. 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 and made them virgins, 36 Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age, 37 For those on the right hand; 38