Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 Entering into burning fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 no food for them except thorny plants 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 well-pleased with their striving. 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Therein will be a flowing spring, 12 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high, 13 and goblets set forth 14 And cushions lined up 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 how the mountains are set firm, 19 And the earth: how it was spread out? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 thou canst not compel them [to believe]. 22 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth, 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 For to Us will be their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26