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

as rendered by Shakir — 26 verses

Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast
Laboring, toiling
Entering into burning fire
Made to drink from a boiling spring
They shall have no food but of thorns
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy
Well-pleased because of their striving
In a lofty garden
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk
Therein is a fountain flowing
Therein are thrones raised high
And drinking-cups ready placed
And cushions set in a row
And carpets spread out
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder
You are not a watcher over them
But whoever turns back and disbelieves
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement
Surely to Us is their turning back
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account