The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the Terror descends 1 There is no denying that it will befall - 2 Abasing (some), exalting (others); 3 when the earth shall be rocked 4 The mountains bruised and crushed, 5 So that they become dust seattered. 6 And ye will be three kinds: 7 Companions of the Right (O Companions of the Right!) 8 And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand? 9 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 those are they brought near (to their Lord) 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 And a few of later ages, 14 upon close-wrought couches 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 There will circulate among them young boys made eternal 17 with goblets, jugs and cups of crystal clear wine 18 Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses. 19 along with fruits of their choice; 20 And the flesh of fowl such as they desire. 21 And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,- 22 like the pearls in their shells: 23 a recompense for that they laboured. 24 They will not hear any unnecessary or sinful talk 25 Nought but the saying: peace! peace! 26 And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 27 (will be) among thornless Lote trees. 28 Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,- 29 and spreading shade 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 And fruit abundant. 32 Unending, unforbidden, 33 And couches raised up. 34 Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation 35 And made them virgins, 36 Loving (their husbands only), equal in age. 37 for the people of the right hand 38