The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the inevitable event comes, 1 there is no denying its coming 2 Abasing exalting. 3 When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe,] 4 And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled. 5 So that they will become floating dust particles. 6 And you shall be three sorts. 7 Companions of the Right, what are the Companions of the Right? 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 those who surpassed have indeed excelled. 10 They shall be the nearest to God. 11 They will dwell in the Gardens of Bliss: 12 (a throng of the ancients 13 And a few of later ages, 14 upon close-wrought couches 15 Reclining thereon, face to face. 16 Round about them shall go youths never altering in age, 17 with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a spring 18 Unheady, uninebriating; 19 And fruit that they prefer 20 And the flesh of fowls that they desire. 21 And (there will be) Houris (fair females) with wide, lovely eyes (as wives for the pious), 22 Like pearls within their shells, 23 as reward for their deeds. 24 Therein they hear no vain or sinful discourse. 25 Only the saying, "Peace! Peace". 26 As for the People on the Right, how fortunate shall be the people on the Right! 27 (They will be) among thornless lote-trees, 28 And clustered plantains, 29 And extended shade, 30 And water flowing constantly, 31 And fruit in plenty 32 undiminished and never denied 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 Verily, We have created them (maidens) of special creation. 35 And made them virgins. 36 Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age, 37 For the sake of the companions of the right hand. 38