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

as rendered by Muhammad Taqi Usmani — 26 verses

Has there come to you the description of the Overwhelming Event
Many faces that day will be humbled
laboring, exhausted
They will enter into the scorching fire
They will be made to drink water from a boiling spring
There will be no food for them except from a thorny plan
that will neither nourish, nor satisfy hunger
Many faces that day will be full of glamour
well pleased with their endeavor
in a lofty garden
in which they will not hear any absurd talk
In it there is a flowing spring
In it there are elevated couche
and goblets, well placed
and cushions, arrayed
and carpets, spread around
So, do they not look at the camels how they are created
and at the sky, how it is raised high
and at the mountains, how they are installed
and at the earth, how it is spread out
So, (O Prophet,) keep on preaching; you are only a preacher
You are not a taskmaster set up over them
but whoever turns away and disbelieves
Allah will punish him with the greatest torment
Surely towards Us they have to return
then it is Our job to call them to account