Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 labouring, weary, 3 about to enter a glowing fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 and couches raised high, 13 and prepared goblets, 14 cushions ranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created? 17 And at the sky - how it is raised? 18 And the hills, how they are set up? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 You are not charged to oversee them. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. 26