⁵⁰ Gardens of perpetual abode¹ whose doors will be opened to them;

⁵¹ Reclining therein, they will call therein for plenteous fruit and drink;

⁵² And with them maidens of modest gaze,¹ well-matched.²

⁵³ This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning.

⁵⁴ This is Our provision; it has no depletion.

⁵⁵ This!¹ And for those transgressing all bounds² is an evil journey’s end:³

⁵⁶ Gehenna, wherein they will burn; and evil is the resting-place.

⁵⁷ This! So let them taste it: scalding water and purulence,¹

⁵⁸ And more¹ of like categories.²

⁵⁹ “This is a crowd rushing headlong with you!” — No welcome for them — they will burn in the Fire.

⁶⁰ They will say: “The truth is,¹ you — no welcome for you — you sent it ahead for us;² and evil is the fixed lodging!”

⁶¹ They will say: “Our Lord: whoso sent this ahead for us, increase Thou for him a double punishment in the Fire.”

⁶² And they will say: “What ails us that we see not men we counted among the worst,

⁶³ “Whom we took in derision — or does our¹ sight miss them?”

⁶⁴ That is true:¹ — the mutual recrimination of the people of the Fire.

⁶⁵ Say thou: “I am only a warner; and there is no god save God, the One, the Vanquishing,

⁶⁶ “Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them,¹ the Exalted in Might, the Forgiver.”

⁶⁷ Say thou: “It is a tremendous report

⁶⁸ “From which you turn away.

⁶⁹ “I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly¹ when they disputed,

⁷⁰ “It is only revealed¹ to me, that I am a clear warner.”²

⁷¹ When thy Lord said to the angels: “I am creating a mortal from clay,

⁷² “And when I have formed him, and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down,¹ to him in submission.”²

⁷³ Then the angels submitted,¹ all of them together.

⁷⁴ Not so¹ Iblīs; he had waxed proud, and was of the false claimers of guidance.²

⁷⁵ He said: “O Iblīs: what hindered thee from submitting¹ to that which I have created with My hands? Hast thou waxed proud? Or art thou of the exalted?”

⁷⁶ Said he: “I am better than he;¹ Thou createdst me of fire, and Thou createdst him of clay.”

⁷⁷ He said: “Go thou forth from it; for thou art accursed;

⁷⁸ “And upon thee is My curse until the Day of Judgment.”¹

⁷⁹ Said he: “My Lord: grant Thou me respite until the day they are raised.”

⁸⁰ He said: “Thou art of those granted respite

⁸¹ “Until the day of the known time.”

⁸² Said he: “Then by Thy power and glory¹ will I cause them to err all together,

⁸³ “Save Thy servants among them that are sincere.”

⁸⁴ He said: “Then the truth:¹ — and the truth² do I say —

⁸⁵ “I will fill Gehenna with thee, and whoso follows thee of them all together!”

⁸⁶ Say thou: “I ask of you for it no reward; and I am not of those who claim things falsely.¹

⁸⁷ “It is only a reminder¹ to all mankind,

⁸⁸ “And you will come to know its report after a time.”