Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 In a lofty garden, 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 Therein will be a flowing spring, 12 and raised couches, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 And arranged carpets. 15 and carpets spread out. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. 21 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26