The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ When the event befalleth - 1 no soul will deny its coming. 2 (a calamitous Event) that shall turn things upside down: 3 When the earth is shaken violently, 4 and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards, 5 So that they become dust seattered. 6 And you become [of] three kinds: 7 Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 8 And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their left hands), Who will be those on the Left Hand? (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell). 9 And the Outstrippers, the Outstrippers 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 A numerous company from among the first, 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches, 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 Round about them shall go youths never altering in age, 17 With cups, and jugs, and a glass from the flowing wine, 18 a drink by which their minds will not be clouded nor will it cause drunkenness; 19 And with fruit from that which they choose. 20 and the meat of any bird that they may desire; 21 and there shall be wide-eyed maidens, 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech (like backbiting, etc.). 25 but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace. 26 And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 27 (will be) among thornless Lote trees. 28 And plantains laden with fruit. 29 And shade extended 30 And water flowing constantly, 31 and fruit abounding, 32 That will neither finish, nor ever be stopped. 33 And on couches or thrones, raised high. 34 and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh, 35 and made them virgins, 36 Loving, equals in age, 37 For those on the Right Hand. 38