The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ When the inevitable event comes, 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 It will bring down [some] and raise up [others]. 3 This will happen when the earth is shaken, shaken 4 The mountains bruised and crushed, 5 So that they become dust seattered. 6 And ye shall be sorted out into three classes. 7 Those on the right hand; how happy shall those on the right hand be! 8 Those on the Left -- how unlucky are those on the Left! 9 But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: 10 they who were [always] drawn close unto God! 11 In gardens of bliss [will they dwell] 12 a host of the ancients 13 And a few of later ages, 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches, 15 Reclining therein face to face. 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled with the purest wine, 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 And fruit; that they may choose. 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 And pure, beautiful ones, 22 beautiful as pearls hidden in their shells. 23 A recompense for that which they have been working. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace. 26 And the fellows on the right hand; how be happy shall the fellows on the right hand be! 27 [They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit laden lote-trees, 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 And spreading shade, 30 and gushing water, 31 And fruit in abundance. 32 never-ending and unrestricted, 33 And on couches or thrones, raised high. 34 We have created maidens perfectly 35 having resurrected them as virgins, 36 Loving (their husbands only), equal in age. 37 For the companions of the right [who are] 38