The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ When the Occurrence occurs, 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 Abasing exalting. 3 When the earth is shaken with convulsion 4 And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling, 5 So that they will become floating dust particles. 6 And ye are classes three. 7 Those on the Right -- how blessed are those on the Right! 8 And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched are the companions of the left hand! 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 These will be those Nearest to Allah: 11 In Gardens of Delight. 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 And a few of the later peoples, 14 upon close-wrought couches 15 Reclining thereon, face to face. 16 (and there) shall wait on them immortal youths 17 with goblets and ewers, and a cup from a spring 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 And fruits such as they choose, 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 and there shall be wide-eyed maidens, 22 Like pearls within their shells, 23 The reward for what they did. 24 They will not hear any unnecessary or sinful talk 25 Other than "Peace, peace" the salutation. 26 And the fellows on the right hand; how be happy shall the fellows on the right hand be! 27 mid thornless lote-trees 28 Bananatrees, piled 29 And shade extended 30 Gushing water, 31 And fruit in plenty 32 undiminished and never denied 33 on raised couches. 34 and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh, 35 and We made them spotless virgins, 36 Loving, of equal age. 37 for those on the Right, 38