The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ When the Terror descends 1 (and none denies its descending) 2 some shall be abased and others exalted. 3 When the earth is shaken up convulsively, 4 And the mountains will be powdered to dust. 5 So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light. 6 On that day, you (mankind) will be divided into three groups: 7 Those on the Right -- how blessed are those on the Right! 8 Then those of the left hand -- how (unhappy) will be those of the left hand! 9 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 Who will be honoured 11 In gardens of tranquility; 12 A [large] company of the former peoples 13 but only a few from the later generations. 14 Seated on couches wrought in gold and encrusted with precious stones, 15 reclining on them facing each other; 16 There shall go round unto them youths ever-young. 17 with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 And fruit that they prefer 20 And with flesh of fowls from that which they desire. 21 And wide eyed houris 22 Like pearls within their shells, 23 shall be their recompense for their deeds. 24 They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin - 25 But only the saying of: Salam!, Salam! (greetings with peace)! 26 And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 27 [They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit laden lote-trees, 28 And clustered plantains, 29 In shade long-extended, 30 And water everflowing. 31 And fruit in plenty, 32 Neither intercepted nor forbidden, 33 And raised couches. 34 and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh, 35 And have made them virgins. 36 Loving (their husbands only), equal in age. 37 For those on the right. 38