Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 troubled and tired as a result of their deeds in the past. 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 wherein they will not hear any vain talk. 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 and goblets set forth 14 well-placed cushions, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 how the heavens are raised up high, 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 Then it will be for Us to call them to account. 26