Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 In a high Garden. 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 In it is a flowing spring. 12 raised couches, 13 And cups set at hand. 14 and cushions arrayed 15 And linen spread out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?- 19 how the earth was outstretched? 20 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, 21 thou canst not compel them [to believe]. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26