The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ When the forthcoming event does occur. 1 there is no denying its coming 2 abasing [some,] exalting [others]! 3 When the earth is violently shaken 4 and the mountains crumbled 5 Turned to dust, floating in the air, 6 You will become three categories: 7 Companions of the Right, what are the Companions of the Right? 8 And those on the left – how (wretched) are those on the left! 9 and the Outstrippers: the Outstrippers 10 (The foremost ones) will be the nearest ones to God 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 A multitude from the ancients. 13 And a few from among the latter. 14 on lavish couches 15 reclining upon them, facing one another [in love]. 16 they will be waited on by ageless youths 17 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring 18 No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated - 19 And such fruits as they fancy, 20 and the flesh of birds, as they desire. 21 And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes, 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 All this shall be theirs as a reward for their deeds. 24 They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin - 25 Only a saying: "Peace, peace." 26 As for the people of the right hand, how happy they will be! 27 They will live amid the thornless lot trees 28 And acacia covered with heaps of bloom, 29 And in everlasting shade. 30 and flowing water, 31 And fruit, abundant [and varied], 32 unfailing, unforbidden, 33 And raised couches. 34 and the noble maidens that We have created 35 and made them virgins, 36 chaste, loving companions of the same age 37 For the Companions of the Right Hand. 38