The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ When the inevitable event comes, 1 no soul will deny its coming. 2 (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt; 3 when the earth shall be rocked 4 and the mountains fragmented 5 So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light. 6 you shall be divided into three parties, 7 The People on the Right: and how fortunate will be the People on the Right! 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 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 They shall be the nearest to God. 11 They will dwell in the Gardens of Bliss: 12 A multitude from the ancients. 13 and a few from later times. 14 On thrones woven [with ornament], 15 reclining on them facing each other; 16 They will be served by immortal boys, 17 carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled with the purest wine, 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 and such fruits as they shall choose, 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes, 22 The likes unto pearls hidden. 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,- 25 Only the saying, "Peace! Peace". 26 The Companions of the Right 27 Among thorn-less lote-trees. 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 and shade extended, 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 and an abundance of fruits, 32 undiminished and never denied 33 And [with them will be their] spouses, raised high: 34 Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation 35 And made them virgins, 36 Lovers, friends, 37 For those on the Right Hand. 38