Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 Travailing, worn. 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 they shall have no food but thorns, 6 which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 and pleased with the result of their deeds in the past. 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 Therein will be a flowing spring, 12 Therein will be thrones raised high, 13 And drinking-cups ready placed, 14 and cushions arrayed 15 and well spread carpets. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 how the mountains are set firm, 19 And the earth: how it was spread out? 20 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. 21 thou canst not compel them [to believe]. 22 But whoever turns back and disbelieves, 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26