Surah 88. Al-Ghashiyah

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Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you 'O Prophet'?

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On that Day 'some' faces will be downcast,

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'totally' overburdened, exhausted,

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burning in a scorching Fire,

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left to drink from a scalding spring.

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They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,

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neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

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On that Day 'other' faces will be glowing with bliss,

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'fully' pleased with their striving,

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in an elevated Garden,

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where no idle talk will be heard.

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In it will be a running spring,

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along with thrones raised high,

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and cups set at hand,

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and 'fine' cushions lined up,

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and 'splendid' carpets spread out.

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Do they not ever reflect on camels- how they were 'masterfully' created;¹

 Another possible translation: “Do they not ever reflect on rainclouds—how they are formed?”

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and the sky- how it was raised 'high';

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and the mountains- how they were firmly set up;

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and the earth- how it was levelled out?

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So, 'continue to' remind 'all, O Prophet', for your duty is only to remind.

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You are not 'there' to compel them 'to believe'.

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But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,

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then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.¹

 The Hellfire is the major punishment. The minor punishment includes disasters in this life as well as torments in the grave. See 32:21.

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Surely to Us is their return,

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then surely with Us is their reckoning.