The Quran

Preface

تَرَى الظّالِمينَ مُشفِقينَ مِمّا كَسَبوا وَهُوَ واقِعٌ بِهِم ۗ وَالَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ في رَوضاتِ الجَنّاتِ ۖ لَهُم ما يَشاءونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِم ۚ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الفَضلُ الكَبيرُ

Yusuf Ali

Thou wilt see the wrongdoers¹ in fear on account of what they have earned, and (the burden of) that must (necessarily) fall on them. But those who believe and work righteous deeds will be in the luxuriant meads² of the Gardens: they shall have, before their Lord, all that they wish for. That will indeed be the magnificent Bounty (of God).

The chief feature of the punishment of wrongdoing is that the minds of the wrongdoers are haunted with terror on account of their own guilty conscience. They cannot possibly escape the weight of that terror.
In contrast with the withering terror of the wrongdoers is the ease and rational happiness of those who do good. “On them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve” (2:38). Their wills will have been purified, and they shall have all that they shall desire, “before their Lord”. That is, their highest Bliss will be the sight of their Lord. No higher Bounty can they wish for.