Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 labouring, weary, 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 which will neither fatten them nor satisfy them. 7 Some faces on that Day will be radiant, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 in a garden sublime, 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 well-placed cushions, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And the earth, how it was spread out? 20 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But whoever turns back and disbelieves, 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26