The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ When the Event (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) befalls. 1 Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming. 2 Abasing exalting. 3 When the earth is shaken violently, 4 and the mountains will crumble 5 so that they become as scattered dust 6 And you become [of] three kinds: 7 Companions of the Right, what are the Companions of the Right? 8 And the People on the Left: and how miserable will be the People on the Left! 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 Those! they shall be the brought nigh, 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 and how few of the later folk) 14 On studded thrones. 15 reclining on them facing each other; 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 with goblets, jugs and cups of crystal clear wine 18 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness, 19 And fruits that they may like. 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat; 21 And pure, beautiful ones, 22 Like unto preserved pearls. 23 As recompense for all they had done. 24 They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse, 25 All talk will be sound and upright. 26 The Companions of the Right 27 [They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit laden lote-trees, 28 And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another. 29 and extended shade, 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 and abundant fruit, 32 unfailing, unforbidden, 33 And raised couches. 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 And made them virgins. 36 Lovers, friends, 37 for the Companions of the Right 38