Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 well pleased with their striving, 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 And cushions ranged! 15 and outspread carpets. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And the hills, how they are set up? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 thou art not charged to oversee them. 22 But whoever will turn away (from the Truth), 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 Verily, to Us will be their return; 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26