The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ When the great event comes to pass, 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 abasing, exalting, 3 when the earth shall be rocked 4 And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled. 5 so that they become as scattered dust 6 And ye are classes three. 7 Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 8 The people of the left hand - those whose books of records will be placed in their left hands. How miserable they will be! 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 These will be those Nearest to Allah: 11 In Gardens of Delight. 12 Many of them will be from the ancient people 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 On lined couches, 15 Reclining on them, facing one another. 16 they will be waited on by ageless youths 17 with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose, 20 and the flesh of birds, as they desire. 21 and there shall be wide-eyed maidens, 22 Like pearls within their shells, 23 The reward for what they did. 24 Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 only the saying 'Peace, Peace!' 26 As for the People on the Right, how fortunate shall be the people on the Right! 27 They shall recline on high amidst lote trees without thorns 28 and flower-clad acacias, 29 and continuous shade, 30 and flowing water 31 And plenty of fruits. 32 Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden, 33 And [upon] beds raised high. 34 We have created (their Companions) of special creation. 35 And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), - 36 Loving companions matched in age, 37 For those on the Right Hand. 38