The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ When the inevitable event comes, 1 And there can be no denying of its befalling. 2 (it will) abase (some) and exalt (others). 3 When the earth is shaken 4 and the mountains crumbled, 5 So that they will become floating dust particles. 6 And you shall be three sorts. 7 The people of the right hand - those whose books of records will be placed in their right hands. How happy they will be! 8 And those on the left hand; how miserable shall those on the left hand be! 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 These will be those Nearest to Allah: 11 in the Gardens of Delight 12 A multitude from the ancients. 13 And a few from the latter. 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches, 15 they shall recline, facing each other, 16 There shall go round unto them youths ever-young. 17 with goblets and ewers, and a cup from a spring 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 And with fruit from that which they choose. 20 Bird meats that they relish, 21 and fair maidens with large, lustrous eyes 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 Other than "Peace, peace" the salutation. 26 And the fellows on the right hand; how be happy shall the fellows on the right hand be! 27 (They will be) among thornless lote-trees, 28 And clustered plantains, 29 In shade long-extended, 30 And water flowing constantly, 31 And fruit in abundance. 32 Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden, 33 on raised couches. 34 Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth, 35 And made them virgins. 36 loving companions, matching in age, 37 For those on the Right Hand. 38