Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 They will be given drink from a boiling spring. 5 There is no food for them except thorns of fire. 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 raised couches, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 well-placed cushions, 15 and well spread carpets. 16 Look they not at the camels, how they are created? 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And at the Earth, how it is spread out? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth, 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26