الغاشية

1HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'

2Some faces will on that Day be downcast,

3toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],

4about to enter a glowing fire,

5given to drink from a boiling spring.

6No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,

7which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.

8[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,

9well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,

10in a garden sublime,

11wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.

12Countless springs will flow therein,

13[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,

14and goblets placed ready,

15and cushions ranged,

16and carpets spread out…

17DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?

18And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?

19And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?

20And at the earth, how it is spread out?

21And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort:

22thou canst not compel them [to believe].

23However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth,

24him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]:

25for behold, unto Us will be their return,

26and verily, It is for Us to call them to account.