Surah “The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall”

as rendered by Arthur John Arberry — 26 verses

Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper
Faces on that day humbled
labouring, toilworn
roasting at a scorching fire
watered at a boiling fountain
no food for them but cactus thor
unfattening, unappeasing hunger
Faces on that day jocund
with their striving well-pleased
in a sublime Garden
hearing there no babble
therein a running fountain
therein uplifted couche
and goblets set fort
and cushions arrayed
and carpets outspread
What, do they not consider how the camel was created
how heaven was lifted up
how the mountains were hoisted
how the earth was outstretched
Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder
thou art not charged to oversee them
But he who turns his back, and disbelieves
God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement
Truly, to Us is their return
then upon Us shall rest their reckoning