The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ When the Event will come to pass 1 There is, at its occurrence, no denial. 2 abasing, exalting, 3 When the earth is shaken up convulsively, 4 And the mountains will be powdered to dust. 5 So that they become dust seattered. 6 And you shall be three sorts. 7 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? 8 And those on the left – how (wretched) are those on the left! 9 And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). 10 They shall be near-stationed (to their Lord), 11 In gardens of delight; 12 A throng of the ancients, 13 and only a few of them from the later generations. 14 They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted 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 Whereby there shall be neither headiness nor will they be inebriated. 19 And with fruits, any that they may select: 20 and with the flesh of any fowl that they may desire to eat; 21 and fair maidens with large, lustrous eyes 22 The likenesses of pearls well-protected, 23 A reward for what they used to do. 24 Therein they hear no vain or sinful discourse. 25 Only the saying, "Peace! Peace". 26 The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? 27 (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns, 28 And acacia covered with heaps of bloom, 29 And extended shade, 30 By water flowing constantly, 31 and abundant fruit, 32 That will neither finish, nor ever be stopped. 33 And maidens incomparable. 34 We have formed them in a distinctive fashion, 35 And made them virgins, 36 intensely loving and of matching age. 37 For the Companions of the Right Hand. 38