Al-Ghaashiya

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,