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

as rendered by Ali Quli Qara'i — 26 verses

Did you receive the account of the Enveloper
Some faces on that day will be humbled
wrought-up and weary
they will enter a scorching fire
and made to drink from a boiling spring
They will have no food except cactus
neither nourishing, nor availing against hunger
Some faces on that day will be joyous
pleased with their endeavour
in a lofty paradise
wherein they will not hear any vain talk
In it there is a flowing spring
and in it there are raised couches
and goblets set
and cushions laid out in an array
and carpets spread out
Do they not observe the camel, [to see] how she has been created
and the sky, how it has been raised
and the mountains, how they have been set
and the earth, how it has been surfaced
So admonish—for you are only an admonisher
and not a taskmaster over them—
except him who turns back and disbelieves
Him Allah will punish with the greatest punishment
Indeed to Us will be their return
Then, indeed, their reckoning will lie with Us