Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 On that Day faces shall be humbled, 2 Labouring, striving hard. 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 In an elevated garden, 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 In which are high thrones. 13 And goblets ready placed! 14 Cushions arranged, 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 You are not a watcher over them; 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Then it will be for Us to call them to account. 26