The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ When the Event will come to pass 1 there is no denying its coming 2 (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt; 3 When the earth will tremble, shivering. 4 And the mountains are broken down, crumbling 5 so that they become as scattered dust 6 [on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds. 7 Those on the Right -- how blessed are those on the Right! 8 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand? 9 And the preceders are the preceders. 10 It is they who are the close ones. 11 in the Gardens of Delight 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 but [only] a few of later times. 14 on lavish couches 15 Reclining on them, facing one another. 16 Round about them shall go youths never altering in age, 17 With cups, and jugs, and a glass from the flowing wine, 18 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness, 19 they will also go about them with the fruits of which they may choose, 20 And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire. 21 And wide eyed houris 22 Like pearls within their shells, 23 a recompense for that they laboured. 24 Therein they hear no vain or sinful discourse. 25 All talk will be sound and upright. 26 The Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 27 [They, too, will find themselves] amidst fruit laden lote-trees, 28 And acacia covered with heaps of bloom, 29 In shade long-extended, 30 and gushing water, 31 And fruit in plenty, 32 never-ending and unrestricted, 33 And exalted thrones. 34 We have indeed developed these women with an excellent development. 35 So made them as maidens. 36 Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age, 37 For the fellows on the right hand. 38