The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ When the Event (the resurrection) comes 1 there is no denying its coming 2 abasing [some,] exalting [others]! 3 When the earth is shaken with convulsion 4 And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled. 5 And become dust dispersing. 6 And you (all) will be in three kinds (i.e. separate groups). 7 Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 8 Companions of the Left, what are the Companions of the Left? 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 Those are the ones brought near [to Allah] 11 In gardens of delight; 12 A large group from the earlier generations. 13 And a few of later ages, 14 [They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness, 15 reclining on them facing each other; 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 with goblets and ewers and a cup filled with a drink drawn from a running spring, 18 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness, 19 And fruit of what they select 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 and there shall be wide-eyed maidens, 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 [And this will be] a reward for what they did [in life]. 24 There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination 25 except each other's greetings of, "Peace be with you". 26 And the fellows on the right hand; how be happy shall the fellows on the right hand be! 27 (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns, 28 Bananatrees, piled 29 In shade long-extended, 30 And water gushing, 31 And plenty of fruits. 32 Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden, 33 and upraised couches. 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 Then We have made them virgins, 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 For those on the Right Hand. 38