Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 Labouring (hard in the worldly life by worshipping others besides Allah), weary (in the Hereafter with humility and disgrace). 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 and will be made to drink from a fiercely boiling spring. 5 There is no food for them except thorns of fire. 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 Therein will be a flowing spring, 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 and cushions ranged, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created? 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And at the Earth, how it is spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 Thou art not over them a warden. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26