Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 Travailing, worn. 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 which neither sustains, nor satisfy hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 in a garden sublime, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 and raised couches, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 and outspread carpets. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And at the earth - how it is spread out? 20 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 21 Thou art not over them a warden. 22 As for those who turn their back and disbelieve, 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26