Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 Labouring, wearied out, 3 they shall enter a burning Fire 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 no food for them except thorny plants 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 In which are high thrones. 13 And cups set at hand. 14 And cushions lined up 15 And carpets spread around. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 and on the earth, how it is spread out? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 You are not a watcher over them; 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26