Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 On that Day faces shall be humbled, 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 (Yet) Going into the blazing fire. 4 and will be made to drink from a fiercely boiling spring. 5 No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In a high Garden 10 wherein they will not hear any vain talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 therein uplifted couches 13 And cups put in place 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And the earth, how it was spread out? 20 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26