Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 Labouring (hard in the worldly life by worshipping others besides Allah), weary (in the Hereafter with humility and disgrace). 3 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire. 4 Made to drink water from the boiling hot spring. 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 well-pleased with their striving. 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk. 11 In it is a flowing spring. 12 Wherein are couches raised 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 cushions ranged, 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 how heaven was lifted up, 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 charged to oversee them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26