Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 about to enter a glowing fire, 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In a high Garden. 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 therein a running fountain, 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26