Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 they shall have no food but thorns, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 Faces on that Day shall be delighted, 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 In the high empyrean, 10 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 therein uplifted couches 13 and prepared goblets, 14 well-placed cushions, 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 and how the earth is spread out? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 As for those who turn their back and disbelieve, 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26