The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the inevitable event comes, 1 there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, 2 (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt; 3 This will happen when the earth is shaken, shaken 4 And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms, 5 So that they will become floating dust particles. 6 and you shall be three bands -- 7 Those on the Right -- how blessed are those on the Right! 8 Those on the Left -- how unlucky are those on the Left! 9 And the foremost are the foremost, 10 those are they brought near (to their Lord) 11 In the gardens of bliss. 12 A large group from the earlier generations. 13 but only a few from the later generations. 14 on lavish couches 15 Reclining thereon facing each other. 16 There will circulate among them young boys made eternal 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink. 18 No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated - 19 they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose, 20 Bird meats that they relish, 21 and wide-eyed houris 22 Like unto preserved pearls. 23 A recompense for that which they have been working. 24 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech (like backbiting, etc.). 25 but only the saying: 'Peace, Peace' 26 And the fellows on the right hand; how be happy shall the fellows on the right hand be! 27 Amid thornless lote-trees, 28 And [banana] trees layered [with fruit] 29 And a shade ever-spread. 30 Gushing water, 31 and abundant fruit, 32 unfailing, unforbidden, 33 and raised couches 34 Lo! We have created them a (new) creation 35 We have made them virgins, 36 Beloved (by nature), equal in age,- 37 For those on the right hand; 38