Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast, 2 Travailing, worn. 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 their drink shall be from a boiling spring. 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 In a high Garden. 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 Wherein is a gushing spring, 12 raised couches, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And at the sky - how it is raised? 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26