In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ When the Event befalls,¹

² — There is no denying its befalling —

³ Abasing, exalting;

⁴ When the earth is shaken with convulsion,¹

⁵ And the mountains crumble away¹

⁶ And are dust dispersing,

⁷ And you will be three kinds:¹

⁸ The companions of the right! — what of the companions of the right? —

⁹ And the companions of the left! — what of the companions of the left? —

¹⁰ And the foremost! The foremost:

¹¹ Those are they brought near,¹

¹² In the Gardens of Bliss,

¹³ (A multitude of the former peoples,

¹⁴ And a few of the latter)

¹⁵ On jewel-woven¹ couches,²

¹⁶ Reclining upon them, facing one another.

¹⁷ Circulating¹ among them are youths² made eternal

¹⁸ With cups, and jugs, and a glass from a running spring,

¹⁹ Wherefrom they have no headache, nor are they intoxicated;

²⁰ And such fruit as they choose,

²¹ And such flesh of fowl as they desire,

²² And pure, lustrous-eyed maidens,¹

²³ As the likeness of hidden¹ pearls

²⁴ As reward for what they did.

²⁵ They hear therein neither vain speech, nor cause of sin,

²⁶ Only the saying: “Peace! Peace!”

²⁷ And the companions of the right! — what of the companions of the right? —

²⁸ Among thornless lote trees,

²⁹ And acacias layered,

³⁰ And shade extended,

³¹ And water poured forth,

³² And fruit abounding,

³³ Unfailing, unforbidden,

³⁴ And couches raised high.

³⁵ We have produced them¹ in a new creation²

³⁶ And made them virgins,

³⁷ Devoted,¹ well-matched,²

³⁸ For the companions of the right:

³⁹ A multitude of the former peoples,

⁴⁰ And a multitude of the latter.

⁴¹ And the companions of the left! What of the companions of the left?

⁴² In scorching wind and scalding water,

⁴³ And a shadow of black smoke,

⁴⁴ Neither cool nor noble.¹

⁴⁵ They were, before that, opulent,

⁴⁶ And persisted in the Great Perjury,¹

⁴⁷ And said: “When we are dead and are dust and bones, will we be raised,

⁴⁸ “Or our fathers of former times?”

⁴⁹ Say thou: “The former peoples and the latter