Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 which will neither fatten them nor satisfy them. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 and prepared goblets, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26