Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 (Yet) Going into the blazing fire. 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 There is no food for them except thorns of fire. 6 which gives no strength and neither stills hunger. 7 (Whereas other) faces on that Day will be joyful, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 In the high empyrean, 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 with a flowing spring, 12 In which are high thrones. 13 And goblets set at hand 14 And cushions ranged! 15 and carpets outspread. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And at the earth, how it is outspread? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26