The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ When the forthcoming event does occur. 1 There is no belying its coming to pass-- 2 (it will) abase (some) and exalt (others). 3 When the earth is violently shaken 4 And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled. 5 Becoming dust scattered abroad, 6 And ye are classes three. 7 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 8 And the People on the Left: and how miserable will be the People on the Left! 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 Who will be honoured 11 They will dwell in the Gardens of Bliss: 12 a host of the ancients 13 and a few from later times. 14 On thrones woven [with ornament], 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 (and there) shall wait on them immortal youths 17 with goblets, jugs and cups of crystal clear wine 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 And fruits that they may like. 20 And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire. 21 And (there will be) Houris (fair females) with wide, lovely eyes (as wives for the pious), 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 The reward for what they did. 24 They will not hear any unnecessary or sinful talk 25 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace. 26 And those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 27 They shall be in the midst of thornless lote trees, 28 and banana trees, 29 And shade extended 30 And water flowing constantly, 31 And abundant fruit, 32 Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden, 33 And maidens incomparable. 34 We have formed them in a distinctive fashion, 35 having resurrected them as virgins, 36 chastely amorous, 37 For those on the right. 38