Al-Waaqia

WHEN THAT which must come to pass [at last] comes to pass,

there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass,

abasing [some], exalting [others]!

When the earth is shaken with a shaking [severe],

and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards,

so that they become as scat­tered dust –

[on that Day,] then, shall you be [divided into] three kinds.

Thus, there shall be such as will have attained to what is right: oh, how [happy] will be they who have attained to what is right!

And there shall be such as will have lost them­selves in evil: oh, how [unhappy] will be they who have lost themselves in evil!

But the foremost shall be [they who in life were] the foremost [in faith and good works]:

they who were [always] drawn close unto God!

In gardens of bliss [will they dwell] -

a good many of those of olden times,

but [only] a few of later times.

[They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness,