Al-Waaqia — The Inevitable

When the Occurrence occurs,

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

And become dust dispersing.

And you become [of] three kinds:

Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

And the forerunners, the forerunners -

Those are the ones brought near [to Allah]

In the Gardens of Pleasure,

A [large] company of the former peoples

And a few of the later peoples,

On thrones woven [with ornament],

Reclining on them, facing each other.

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal

With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -

No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -

And fruit of what they select