Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 labouring, weary, 3 about to enter a glowing fire, 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 which will neither fatten them nor satisfy them. 7 Many faces will be joyous on that day, 8 With their effort [they are] satisfied 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 therein a running fountain, 12 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high, 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And carpets spread around. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And the earth, how it was spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 Save the one who turns away and disbelieves 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Verily, to Us will be their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26