The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the Event will come to pass 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 The event will be abasing some, and exalting some. 3 When the earth will be shaken with a terrible shake. 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 and become like scattered dust particles, 6 [on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups. 7 Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 8 Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left!) 9 And the Outstrippers, the Outstrippers 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 In gardens of delight; 12 a good many of those of olden times, 13 and only a few of them from the later generations. 14 On thrones woven [with ornament], 15 Reclining face to face. 16 Youths of never-ending bloom will pass round to them 17 With cups, and jugs, and a glass from the flowing wine, 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 with fruits of their own choice 20 Bird meats that they relish, 21 And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes, 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 a recompense for all that they did. 24 There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination 25 Nought but the saying: peace! peace! 26 As for those of the right hand -- how (happy) those of the right hand -- 27 [They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit laden lote-trees, 28 And [banana] trees layered [with fruit] 29 and amid the extended shade 30 And water flowing constantly, 31 and fruits in abundance, 32 Unending, unforbidden, 33 And raised couches; 34 We have indeed developed these women with an excellent development. 35 Then We have made them virgins, 36 Lovers, friends, 37 For the sake of the companions of the right hand. 38