The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ 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 is shaken with a shaking [severe,] 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 and become a dust, scattered, 6 And ye shall be sorted out into three classes. 7 The people of the right hand - those whose books of records will be placed in their right hands. How happy they will be! 8 And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their left hands), Who will be those on the Left Hand? (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell). 9 The third to the fore shall be the foremost. 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 in the Gardens of Delight 12 a host of the ancients 13 And a few of those (foremost) will be from the later time (generations). 14 [They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness, 15 Reclining thereon facing each other. 16 immortal youths shall go about them 17 With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring - 18 by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk; 19 with fruits of their own choice 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire. 21 And wide eyed houris 22 Like unto Pearls well-guarded. 23 as reward for their deeds. 24 There they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 Only a saying: "Peace, peace." 26 As for the people of the right hand, how happy they will be! 27 (will be) among thornless Lote trees. 28 and acacias flower-clad, 29 And a shade ever-spread. 30 And water poured out 31 and abundant fruits, 32 never-ending and unforbidden. 33 And raised couches; 34 Verily We! We have created those maidens by a creation. 35 And made them virgins. 36 Loving companions matched in age, 37 for the people of the right hand 38