Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 they shall enter a burning 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 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 In a Garden on high, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 And cups put in place 14 And cushions lined up 15 And silken carpets spread. 16 Look they not at the camels, how they are created? 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 So remind them (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), you are only a one who reminds. 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Indeed only towards Us is their return 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26