Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper? 1 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 in a sublime garden, 10 They shall hear therein no vain discourse; 11 Therein will be a flowing spring, 12 raised couches, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 And cushions ranged 15 and outspread carpets. 16 Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 and on the mountains, how they are firmly set up, 19 And the earth, how it was spread out? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You are not a warden over them, 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26