The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When there happeneth the Event. 1 there is no denying its coming 2 (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt; 3 When the earth is shaken violently, 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light. 6 [on that Day] you shall be divided into three groups. 7 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 8 And there shall be such as will have lost themselves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil! 9 and the Outstrippers: the Outstrippers 10 Those are the ones brought near [to Allah] 11 In the gardens of bliss. 12 A numerous company from among the first, 13 but [only] a few of later times. 14 Seated on couches wrought in gold and encrusted with precious stones, 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 Immortal youths will serve them 17 Cups and decanters, beakers full of sparkling wine, 18 which will not cause them any intoxication or illness. 19 And with fruits, any that they may select: 20 and any flesh of fowl that they desire. 21 And (there will be) Houris (fair females) with wide, lovely eyes (as wives for the pious), 22 The like of the hidden pearls: 23 a recompense for that they laboured. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 But only the saying of: Salam!, Salam! (greetings with peace)! 26 The Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 27 (will be) among thornless Lote trees. 28 Bananatrees, piled 29 And extended shade, 30 And water flowing constantly, 31 and abundant fruit, 32 Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden, 33 and upraised couches. 34 Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation 35 and made them virgins, 36 Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age, 37 for the people of the right hand 38