The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/88. The Overwhelming Event

88. The Overwhelming Event (Al-Ghashiyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Has there come to thee the news of the Overwhelming Event? 

Faces on that day will be downcast, 

Labouring, toiling, 

Entering burning Fire, 

Made to drink from a boiling spring. 

They will have no food but of thorns, 

Neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger. 

Faces on that day will be happy, 

<section begin="88:9"/>Glad for their striving, <section end="88:9"/>

<section begin="88:10"/>In a lofty Garden, <section end="88:10"/>

<section begin="88:11"/>Wherein thou wilt hear no vain talk. <section end="88:11"/>

<section begin="88:12"/>Therein is a fountain flowing. <section end="88:12"/>

<section begin="88:13"/>Therein are thrones raised high, <section end="88:13"/>

<section begin="88:14"/>And drinking-cups ready placed, <section end="88:14"/>

<section begin="88:15"/>And cushions set in rows, <section end="88:15"/>

<section begin="88:16"/>And carpets spread out. <section end="88:16"/>

<section begin="88:17"/>See they not the clouds, how they are created? <section end="88:17"/>

<section begin="88:18"/>And the heaven, how it is raised high? <section end="88:18"/>

<section begin="88:19"/>And the mountains, how they are fixed? <section end="88:19"/>

<section begin="88:20"/>And the earth, how it is spread out? <section end="88:20"/>

<section begin="88:21"/>So remind. Thou art only one to remind. <section end="88:21"/>

<section begin="88:22"/>Thou art not a warder over them -- <section end="88:22"/>

<section begin="88:23"/>But whoever turns back and disbelieves, <section end="88:23"/>

<section begin="88:24"/>Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. <section end="88:24"/>

<section begin="88:25"/>Surely to Us is their return, <section end="88:25"/>

<section begin="88:26"/>Then it is for Us to call them to account. <section end="88:26"/>