The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the inevitable event comes, 1 and there can be no denying its happening, 2 abasing [some,] exalting [others]! 3 When the earth is shaken with a shock 4 And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, 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 The People on the Right: and how fortunate will be the People on the Right! 8 Companions of the Left (O Companions of the Left!) 9 But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]: 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 in the Gardens of Bliss. 12 Many of them will be from the ancient people 13 and how few of the later folk) 14 (They will be) on thrones woven with gold and precious stones, 15 Reclining face to face. 16 immortal youths shall go about them 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink; 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 19 And with fruits, any that they may select: 20 and such flesh of fowl as they desire, 21 They will have maidens with large, lovely black and white eyes, 22 Like unto hidden pearls, 23 [And this will be] a reward for what they did [in life]. 24 They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin - 25 only the saying 'Peace, Peace!' 26 And those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 27 (will be) among thornless Lote trees. 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 Lengthened shadows, 30 near to flowing water 31 and an abundance of fruits, 32 unfailing, unforbidden, 33 And [upon] beds raised high. 34 Perfectly We formed them, perfect, 35 and made them virgins, 36 chastely amorous, 37 For those on the right hand; 38