The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ When the inevitable event comes, 1 There is no belying its coming to pass-- 2 It will bring low (some); (and others) it will exalt; 3 When the earth is shaken with convulsion 4 and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards, 5 So that they shall be as scattered dust. 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 And those on the left hand; how miserable shall those on the left hand be! 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 (The foremost ones) will be the nearest ones to God 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 A number of people from those of old, 13 and how few of the later folk) 14 upon close-wrought couches 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 Surrounded by immortal boys. 17 with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a spring 18 No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated - 19 and with fruit of any kind that they may choose, 20 And meat of birds that they may wish. 21 and fair maidens with large, lustrous eyes 22 Like unto preserved pearls. 23 a recompense for that they laboured. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk nor any sinful speech. 25 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace. 26 The Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 27 They will live amid the thornless lot trees 28 And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another. 29 and shade extended, 30 near to flowing water 31 and fruits abounding 32 Neither intercepted nor forbidden, 33 And raised couches. 34 Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth, 35 And made them virginal, 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 All this will be for the People on the Right; 38