Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 they shall enter a burning Fire 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 They shall hear therein no vain discourse; 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 therein uplifted couches 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 and carpets spread out. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And at the mountains - how they are erected? 19 And the earth, how it was spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You are not charged to oversee them. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26