١HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'
٢Some faces will on that Day be downcast,
٣toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],
٤about to enter a glowing fire,
٥given to drink from a boiling spring.
٦No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,
٧which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.
٨[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,
٩well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,
١٠in a garden sublime,
١١wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.
١٢Countless springs will flow therein,
١٣[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,
١٤and goblets placed ready,
١٥and cushions ranged,
١٦and carpets spread out…
١٧DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?
١٨And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?
١٩And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?
٢٠And at the earth, how it is spread out?
٢١And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort:
٢٢thou canst not compel them [to believe].
٢٣However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth,
٢٤him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]:
٢٥for behold, unto Us will be their return,
٢٦and verily, It is for Us to call them to account.