78:21 [On that Day] Verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth].
78:22 A goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right!
78:23 In it shall they remain for a long time.
78:24 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink.
78:25 Only burning despair and ice-cold darkness.
78:26 A meet requital [for their sins]!
78:27 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account.
78:28 Having given the lie to Our messages one and all.
78:29 But We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did].
78:30 [And so We shall say] “Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!”
78:31 [But] Verily for the God-conscious there is supreme fulfillment in store.
78:32 Luxuriant gardens and vineyards.
78:33 And splendid companions well-matched.
78:34 And a cup [of happiness] overflowing.
78:35 No empty talk will they hear in that [paradise], nor any lie.
78:36 [All this will be] a reward from thy Sustainer, a gift in accordance with [His Own] reckoning.
78:37 [A reward from] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Most Gracious! [And] none shall have it in their power to raise their voices unto Him.
78:38 On the Day when all [human] souls and all the angels will stand up in ranks, none will speak but he to whom the Most Gracious will have given leave, and [everyone] will say [only] what is right.
78:39 That will be the Day of Ultimate Truth, whoever wills, then, let him take the path that leads towards his Sustainer!
78:40 Verily, We have warned you of suffering near at hand – [suffering] on the Day when man shall [clearly] see what his hands have sent ahead, and when he who has denied the truth shall say “Oh, would that I was mere dust… !”
