English - Chapter 88 - Al-Ghashiyah

HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event

Some faces will on that Day be downcast

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

about to enter a glowing fire

given to drink from a boiling spring

No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns

which gives no strength and neither stills hunger

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

well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving

in a garden sublime

wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk

Countless springs will flow therein

and goblets placed ready

and cushions ranged

and carpets spread out…

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

And at the sky, how it is raised aloft

And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared

And at the earth, how it is spread out

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

thou canst not compel them [to believe]

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

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

for behold, unto Us will be their return

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