Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 Many a face will be disgraced on that day. 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 well-pleased with their striving. 9 In the high empyrean, 10 where they will hear no idle talk. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 Therein will be thrones raised high, 13 And drinking-cups ready placed, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And carpets spread around. 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And the hills, how they are set up? 19 and on the earth, how it is spread out? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26