Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 in a garden sublime, 10 Where they hear no idle speech, 11 therein a running fountain, 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 And goblets ready placed! 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created? 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Therefore remind, you are only a Reminder. 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26