The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ When the inevitable event takes place, 1 there is no denying its coming 2 It will abase some and exalt others. 3 When the earth is shaken 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light. 6 And ye are classes three. 7 Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 8 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand? 9 Then the foremost, how pre-excellent, 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 in the Gardens of Delight, 12 (a throng of the ancients 13 but [only] a few of later times. 14 On thrones woven [with ornament], 15 Reclining on them, facing one another. 16 (and there) shall wait on them immortal youths 17 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring 18 Wherefrom they will get neither any aching of the head, nor any intoxication. 19 along with fruits of their choice; 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire. 21 And wide eyed houris 22 like pearls preserved in their shells, 23 as reward for their deeds. 24 They will not hear any unnecessary or sinful talk 25 Other than "Peace, peace" the salutation. 26 And the fellows on the right hand; how be happy shall the fellows on the right hand be! 27 mid thornless lote-trees 28 And acacia covered with heaps of bloom, 29 and spreading shade 30 and outpoured waters, 31 and an abundance of fruits, 32 undiminished and never denied 33 and raised couches 34 and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh, 35 And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), - 36 Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age, 37 For the Companions of the Right Hand. 38