Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 Wherein is a gushing spring, 12 Wherein are couches raised 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 And cushions ranged! 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 and verily, It is for Us to call them to account. 26