Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 Made to drink water from the boiling hot spring. 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 With their endeavour well pleased. 9 In a Garden on high, 10 They shall hear therein no vain discourse; 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 and prepared goblets, 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 and outspread 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 at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 and how the earth is spread out? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us is their return. 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26