Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 In the high empyrean, 10 where they will hear no idle talk. 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 and goblets set forth 14 and arranged cushions 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? 17 And the heavens, how it was raised high; 18 how the mountains are set firm, 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26