Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 watered at a boiling fountain, 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 However, on that day the faces of other people will be happy. 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In the high empyrean, 10 Where they hear no idle speech, 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 And silken carpets spread. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And the earth: how it was spread out? 20 So remind them (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), you are only a one who reminds. 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 Save the one who turns away and disbelieves 23 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26