Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 they shall enter a burning Fire 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 They will have no food except bitter thorn, 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 And cups set at hand. 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Look they not at the camels, how they are created? 17 And the heaven, how it is raised? 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 And at the earth - how it is spread out? 20 Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher. 21 You are not a warden over them, 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. 26