Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 Entering into burning fire, 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 which gives no strength and neither stills hunger. 7 Many faces will be joyous on that day, 8 With their effort [they are] satisfied 9 In a high Garden 10 They shall hear therein no vain discourse; 11 with a flowing spring, 12 Therein are thrones raised high, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 And at the earth, how it is outspread? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 you are not their keeper. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26