Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 Labouring, striving hard. 3 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire. 4 They will be given drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 and goblets laid out, 14 Cushions arranged, 15 and well spread carpets. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 And the heavens, how it was raised high; 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And at the earth - how it is spread out? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 Save the one who turns away and disbelieves 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us they will all return. 25 Then it will be for Us to call them to account. 26