The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ When the Terror descends 1 Which is bound to happen undoubtedly -- 2 abasing [some,] exalting [others]! 3 When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe,] 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 So that they will become floating dust particles. 6 And you shall be three sorts. 7 Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand? 8 The people of the left hand - those whose books of records will be placed in their left hands. How miserable they will be! 9 The foremost ones (in faith and virtue) - the foremost ones in receiving their reward. 10 Who will be honoured 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 (a throng of the ancients 13 but only a few from the later generations. 14 On studded thrones. 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 Immortal youths will serve them 17 with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied springs 18 which will not cause them any intoxication or illness. 19 And fruit of what they select 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire. 21 And wide eyed houris 22 like hidden pearls, 23 shall be their recompense for their deeds. 24 They will hear no nonsense there or talk of sin, 25 Only the saying, "Peace! Peace". 26 And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of the right hand! 27 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 And a shade ever-spread. 30 and outpoured waters, 31 and fruits in abundance, 32 That will neither finish, nor ever be stopped. 33 on raised couches. 34 for, behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life renewed, 35 And made them virgins, 36 full of love, well-matched 37 For the companions of the right [who are] 38