Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 they shall enter a burning Fire 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 With their effort [they are] satisfied 9 In the high empyrean, 10 where they will hear no idle talk. 11 Wherein is a gushing spring, 12 Wherein are couches raised 13 And goblets set at hand 14 and cushions ranged, 15 and well spread carpets. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us is their return. 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26