The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ When the Event will come to pass 1 – and then there will be no one to deny its occurrence – 2 It will bring down [some] and raise up [others]. 3 When the earth is shaken up convulsively, 4 And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled. 5 So that they will become floating dust particles. 6 And ye shall be sorted out into three classes. 7 Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 8 And those on the left hand; how miserable shall those on the left hand be! 9 As for the Foremost, they will be the foremost! 10 Those! they shall be the brought nigh, 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 and a few from later times. 14 On couches wrought of gold, 15 Reclining on them, facing one another. 16 they will be waited on by ageless youths 17 With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains: 18 that will neither make the head throb, nor intoxicate, 19 And with fruits, any that they may select: 20 And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire. 21 And there will be fair ones large eyed. 22 The likes unto pearls hidden. 23 as reward for their deeds. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 except each other's greetings of, "Peace be with you". 26 And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 27 Among thorn-less lote-trees. 28 and serried acacias, 29 In shade long-extended, 30 and gushing water, 31 And fruit in abundance. 32 undiminished and never denied 33 and raised couches 34 Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth, 35 And made them virgins, 36 Loving, equals in age, 37 with those who have attained to righteousness: 38