Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 no food for them except thorny plants 6 which gives no strength and neither stills hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 In a lofty garden, 10 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk. 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 and couches raised high, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 And arranged carpets. 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 how the mountains were hoisted, 19 and on the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher. 21 thou canst not compel them [to believe]. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26