Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 Toiling, weary, 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 Given water from the boiling spring to drink. 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 which will neither fatten them nor satisfy them. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 well pleased with their striving, 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 Therein will be thrones raised high, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 cushions ranged, 15 and carpets spread out. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26