Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 Labouring, wearied out, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 wherein they will not hear any vain talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 and raised couches, 13 And cups set at hand. 14 And arranged carpets. 15 and well spread carpets. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 And the mountains - how they have been established? 19 how the earth was outstretched? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. 26