Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 In a Garden on high, 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 And carpets spread out. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And the earth, how it was spread out? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 thou canst not compel them [to believe]. 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 Then verily on Us is their reckoning. 26