| asad | |
|---|---|
| 1. * | HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'* |
| 2. * | Some faces will on that Day be downcast, |
| 3. * | toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear], |
| 4. * | about to enter a glowing fire, |
| 5. * | given to drink from a boiling spring. |
| 6. * | No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, |
| 7. * | which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.* |
| 8. * | [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, |
| 9. * | well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, |
| 10. * | in a garden sublime, |
| 11. * | wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. |
| 12. * | Countless springs* will flow therein, |
| 13. * | [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,* |
| 14. * | and goblets placed ready, |
| 15. * | and cushions ranged, |
| 16. * | and carpets spread out... |
| 17. * | DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?* |
| 18. * | And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? |
| 19. * | And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? |
| 20. * | And at the earth, how it is spread out? |
| 21. * | And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: |
| 22. * | thou canst not compel them [to believe].* |
| 23. * | However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth, |
| 24. * | him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: |
| 25. * | for behold, unto Us will be their return, |
| 26. * | and verily, It is for Us to call them to account. |