The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ When the Event inevitable cometh to pass, 1 There is no belying its coming to pass-- 2 Degrading (some) and exalting (others); 3 This will happen when the earth is shaken, shaken 4 and the mountains are totally shattered and crumble to pieces 5 so that they become as scattered dust 6 [on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups. 7 Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand? 8 Then those of the left hand -- how (unhappy) will be those of the left hand! 9 But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 in the Gardens of Delight, 12 A number of people from those of old, 13 And a few from the later generations. 14 (They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones), 15 reclining upon them, facing one another [in love]. 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink; 18 that will neither make the head throb, nor intoxicate, 19 And such fruits as they fancy, 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat; 21 And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,- 22 The like of the hidden pearls: 23 As reward for what they used to do. 24 They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin - 25 Nought but the saying: peace! peace! 26 The Companions of the Right Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Right Hand? 27 (They will be) among thornless lote-trees, 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 and amid the extended shade 30 and gushing water, 31 and an abundance of fruits, 32 never-ending and unrestricted, 33 And maidens incomparable. 34 We have indeed developed these women with an excellent development. 35 and made them virgins, 36 The beloved of their husbands, of one age. 37 For the companions of the right [who are] 38