Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 labouring, weary, 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 their drink shall be from a boiling spring. 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 raised couches, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 and cushions ranged, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created? 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 For to Us will be their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26