Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 in a sublime garden, 10 hearing there no babble; 11 with a flowing spring, 12 Wherein are couches raised 13 and goblets set forth 14 well-placed cushions, 15 And silken carpets spread. 16 Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? 17 And at the sky - how it is raised? 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, 21 you are not their keeper. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26