The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ When the inevitable event takes place, 1 there is no denying its coming 2 The event will be abasing some, and exalting some. 3 When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking, 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 Turned to dust, floating in the air, 6 [on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds. 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 Then the foremost, how pre-excellent, 10 It is they who are the close ones. 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 A large group from the earlier generations. 13 and a few from later times. 14 (They will be) on thrones woven with gold and precious stones, 15 Reclining on them, facing one another. 16 There wait on them immortal youths 17 with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs 18 which will not cause them any intoxication or illness. 19 And fruits such as they choose, 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire. 21 And companions with big beautiful eyes 22 like the pearls in their shells: 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin, 25 except each other's greetings of, "Peace be with you". 26 As for the people of the right hand, how happy they will be! 27 [They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit laden lote-trees, 28 And plantains laden with fruit. 29 and continuous shade, 30 and gushing water, 31 and fruits in abundance, 32 never-ending and unrestricted, 33 And carpets raised. 34 and the noble maidens that We have created 35 So made them as maidens. 36 loving and of equal age. 37 like of age for the Companions of the Right. 38