The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the great event comes to pass, 1 there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, 2 some shall be abased and others exalted. 3 This will happen when the earth is shaken, shaken 4 And the mountains will be powdered to dust. 5 and become like scattered dust particles, 6 And you become [of] three kinds: 7 Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 8 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand? 9 The third to the fore shall be the foremost. 10 Those! they shall be the brought nigh, 11 In Gardens of Bliss: 12 A multitude of those of old 13 And a few from the later generations. 14 upon close-wrought couches 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 they will be waited on by ageless youths 17 with goblets and ewers and a cup filled with a drink drawn from a running spring, 18 Whereby there shall be neither headiness nor will they be inebriated. 19 And fruits that they may like. 20 Bird meats that they relish, 21 And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes, 22 The likes unto pearls hidden. 23 shall be their recompense for their deeds. 24 They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse, 25 Nought but the saying: peace! peace! 26 The Companions of the Right 27 Midst lote-trees thornless. 28 And clustered plantains, 29 And shade extended 30 Gushing water, 31 and fruits abounding 32 never-failing and never out of reach. 33 and raised couches 34 We have indeed developed these women with an excellent development. 35 and made them virgins, 36 full of love, well-matched 37 For the sake of the companions of the right hand. 38