The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ When the Event (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) befalls. 1 There is no belying its coming to pass-- 2 abasing, exalting, 3 When the earth will tremble, shivering. 4 And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled. 5 and become a dust, scattered, 6 and you shall be three bands -- 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 they brought near (to their Lord) 11 in the Gardens of Delight, 12 (a throng of the ancients 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 On thrones woven [with ornament], 15 reclining upon them, set face to face, 16 There will circulate among them young boys made eternal 17 carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled with the purest wine, 18 a drink by which their minds will not be clouded nor will it cause drunkenness; 19 And with fruits, any that they may select: 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat; 21 and wide-eyed houris 22 The likenesses of pearls well-protected, 23 Reward for what they used to do. 24 They will hear no nonsense there or talk of sin, 25 but 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 acacia covered with heaps of bloom, 29 And a shade ever-spread. 30 and gushing water, 31 and abundant fruit, 32 Unending, unforbidden, 33 And raised couches. 34 Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation 35 We have made them virgins, 36 loving companions, matching in age, 37 with those who have attained to righteousness: 38