Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 labouring, weary, 3 Going into the blazing fire. 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 in a sublime garden, 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 And cushions lined up 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created? 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 and on the earth, how it is spread out? 20 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 21 You are not a watcher over them; 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26