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[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.