Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper? 1 Faces on that day humbled, 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 They shall hear therein no vain discourse; 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 And cups set at hand. 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And carpets spread around. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?- 19 And the earth: how it was spread out? 20 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder. 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 To Us they will all return. 25 Then, surely, it is for Us to call them to account. 26