Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 where they will hear no idle talk. 11 Wherein is a gushing spring, 12 and raised couches, 13 And cups set at hand. 14 And cushions ranged 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 and on the mountains, how they are firmly set up, 19 how the earth was outstretched? 20 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 Save the one who turns away and disbelieves 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. 26