Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 and will be made to drink from a fiercely boiling spring. 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In the high empyrean, 10 Where they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood, 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 therein uplifted couches 13 And cups set at hand. 14 and cushions ranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 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 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves - 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26