The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Has there come to you the story of the Overwhelming Event?

On that Day, some faces will be humiliated,

overburdened and weary[1],

as they burn in a scorching Fire.

They will be made to drink from a boiling spring,

and they will have no food except bitter thorny plants,

that neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger.

Other faces on that Day will be joyful,

well-pleased with their past striving,

in an elevated garden,

wherein no idle talk will be heard[2].

There will be a flowing spring;

and couches raised high,

and cups placed ready,

and cushions lined up,

and splendid carpets spread out.

Do they not reflect on the camel, how it is created;

and the sky, how it is raised high;

and the mountains, how they are firmly set up;

and the earth, how it is spread out?

So remind [O Prophet]; your duty is only to remind;

you are not assigned to compel them.

But whoever turns away and disbelieves,

Allah will inflict upon him the greatest punishment[3].

Indeed, to Us is their return,

then it is for Us to call them to account.