The Inevitable (Al-Waaqe'ah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the event befalleth - 1 and there can be no denying its happening, 2 The event will be abasing some, and exalting some. 3 When the earth will be shaken with a terrible shake. 4 And the mountains will be crushed, blown to bits. 5 Becoming dust scattered abroad, 6 And ye are classes three. 7 Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of 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 foremost are the foremost, 10 Those are the ones brought near [to Allah] 11 in the Gardens of Delight, 12 a host of the ancients 13 and only a few of them from the later generations. 14 On lined couches, 15 reclining on them, arrayed face to face; 16 Immortal youths will wait upon them 17 With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink. 18 that will neither make the head throb, nor intoxicate, 19 And fruit; that they may choose. 20 and the flesh of birds, as they desire. 21 And pure, beautiful ones, 22 The likes unto pearls hidden. 23 shall be their recompense for their deeds. 24 Therein they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin, 25 but only the tiding of inner soundness and peace. 26 And those on the right – how (fortunate) are those on the right! 27 Among thorn-less lote-trees. 28 and banana trees, 29 In shade long-extended, 30 and gushing water, 31 And fruit in plenty 32 Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden, 33 They shall be on upraised couches, 34 Verily, We have created them (maidens) of special creation. 35 And made them virgins, 36 loving companions, matching in age, 37 For the sake of the companions of the right hand. 38