Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 troubled and tired as a result of their deeds in the past. 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 no food for them except thorny plants 6 which neither sustains, nor satisfy hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 With their effort [they are] satisfied 9 in a sublime garden, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 Therein will be thrones raised high, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 And linen spread out. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You are not a watcher over them; 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26