Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 Faces on that day humbled, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 Therein will be thrones raised high, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 how the earth was outstretched? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26