The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ When the Occurrence occurs, 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 abasing [some,] exalting [others]! 3 When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking, 4 And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled. 5 And become dust dispersing. 6 And you will become divided into three categories. 7 Those on the right hand; how happy shall those on the right hand be! 8 And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their left hands), Who will be those on the Left Hand? (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell). 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 they who were [always] drawn close unto God! 11 In the Gardens of Pleasure, 12 Many of them will be from the ancient people 13 but only a few from the later generations. 14 On lined couches, 15 Reclining therein face to face. 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 with goblets, jugs and cups of crystal clear wine 18 neither causing headaches, nor intoxication; 19 along with fruits of their choice; 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes, 22 The likenesses of pearls well-protected, 23 a recompense for all that they did. 24 No empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin, 25 only the saying 'Peace, Peace!' 26 The Companions of the Right 27 They shall recline on high amidst lote trees without thorns 28 And [banana] trees layered [with fruit] 29 And a shade ever-spread. 30 and gushing water, 31 and abundant fruit, 32 never-failing and never out of reach. 33 and raised couches 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 And made them virgins. 36 chaste, loving companions of the same age 37 for those on the Right, 38