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] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high
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