The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, 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 suddenly shake with a terrible shaking, 4 And the hills are ground to powder 5 So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light. 6 and you shall be three bands -- 7 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 8 And there shall be such as will have lost themselves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil! 9 And the forerunners, the forerunners - 10 those are they brought nigh the Throne, 11 In the Gardens of delight (Paradise). 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 and a lesser number from the later generations. 14 on lavish couches 15 Reclining on them, facing each other. 16 Immortal youths will serve them 17 Carrying bowls and pitchers – and cups filled with wine flowing before them. 18 No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication: 19 And fruit; that they may choose. 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat; 21 And there will be fair ones large eyed. 22 as the likeness of hidden pearls, 23 A recompense for that which they have been working. 24 They will not hear any unnecessary or sinful talk 25 Except the word peace, peace. 26 And those on the Right Hand, Who will be those on the Right Hand? 27 (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns, 28 Bananatrees, piled 29 and continuous shade, 30 And in perpetually flowing water. 31 and abundant fruit, 32 unfailing and not forbidden. 33 And couches raised up. 34 Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation 35 and We made them spotless virgins, 36 Loving, of equal age. 37 For those on the right hand; 38