Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 in a garden sublime, 10 wherein they will not hear any vain talk. 11 In it is a flowing spring. 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 and goblets set forth 14 And arranged carpets. 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created? 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And the hills, how they are set up? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 Therefore remind, you are only a Reminder. 21 thou art not charged to oversee them. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 Then, surely, it is for Us to call them to account. 26