thereby the grain and herb
and gardens thickly planted?
Verily, the day of decision
is an appointed time; and the day when the trumpet shall be blown, and ye shall
come in troops, and the heavens shall be opened, and shall be all doors, [20]
and the mountains shall be moved, and shall be like a mirage!
Verily, hell is an
ambuscade; a reward for the outrageous, to tarry therein for ages. They shall
not taste therein cool nor drink, [25] but only boiling water and pus;-a fit
reward!
Verily, they did not hope
for the account; but they ever said our signs were lies.
Everything have we
remembered in a book.
[30] 'Then taste, for we
will only increase your torment!'
Verily, for the pious is a
blissful place,-gardens and vineyards, and girls with swelling breasts of the
same age as themselves, and a brimming cup; [35] they shall hear therein no
folly and no lie;-a reward from thy Lord, a sufficient gift! The Lord of the
heavens and the earth, and what is between them both,-the Merciful,-they cannot
obtain audience of Him!
The day when the Spirit and
the angels shall stand in ranks, they shall not speak save to whom the Merciful
permits, and who speaks aright.
That is the true day; and
whoso pleases let him take to a resort unto his Lord!
[40] Verily, we have warned
you of a torment that is nigh: on a day when man shall see what his two hands
have sent forward; and the misbeliever shall say, 'Would that I were dust!'