Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 which will neither fatten them nor satisfy them. 7 Faces on that Day shall be delighted, 8 and pleased with the result of their deeds in the past. 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk. 11 therein a running fountain, 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And at the sky - how it is raised? 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 you are not their keeper. 22 However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth, 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26