Of what do they ask each other?
Of the mighty informatio
whereon they do dispute
nay, they shall know too well
Again, nay, they shall know too well
Have we not set the earth as a couch
and the mountains as stakes
and created you in pairs
and made your sleep for rest
and made the night a garment
and made the day for livelihood
and built above you seven solid (heavens
and set a burning lamp
and, sent down from the rain-expressing clouds water pouring forth
to bring out thereby the grain and her
and gardens thickly planted
Verily, the day of decision is an appointed time
and the day when the trumpet shall be blown, and ye shall come in troops
and the heavens shall be opened, and shall be all doors
and the mountains shall be moved, and shall be like a mirage
Verily, hell is an ambuscade
a reward for the outrageous
to tarry therein for ages
They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
but only boiling water and pus;
a fit reward
Verily, they did not hope for the account
but they ever said our signs were lies
Everything have we remembered in a book
'Then taste, for we will only increase your torment!
Verily, for the pious is a blissful place,
gardens and vineyards
and girls with swelling breasts of the same age as themselves
and a brimming cup
they shall hear therein no folly and no lie;
a reward from thy Lord, a sufficient gift
The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and what is between them both,- the Merciful,- they cannot obtain audience of Him
The day when the Spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks, they shall not speak save to whom the Merciful permits, and who speaks aright
That is the true day; and whoso pleases let him take to a resort unto his Lord
Verily, we have warned you of a torment that is nigh: on a day when man shall see what his two hands have sent forward; and the misbeliever shall say, 'Would that I were dust!