Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 Labouring, wearied out, 3 Entering into burning fire, 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 Many faces will be joyous on that day, 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 well arranged goblets, 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) 21 You are not charged to oversee them. 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 For to Us will be their return; 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26