Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 Labouring, striving hard. 3 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari' 6 which gives no strength and neither stills hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 In a high Garden 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 In which are high thrones. 13 and goblets set forth 14 And cushions ranged! 15 And linen spread out. 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 And the heavens, how it was raised high; 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And at the earth - how it is spread out? 20 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, 21 Thou art not over them a warden. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Verily, to Us will be their return; 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26