Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 roasting at a scorching 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 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 With their endeavour well pleased. 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 And chosen goblets. 14 well-placed cushions, 15 And linen spread out. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26