Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 labouring, weary, 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 They will be given drink from a boiling spring. 5 they shall have no food but thorns, 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 well-pleased with their striving. 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 where they will hear no idle talk. 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 And chosen goblets. 14 well-placed cushions, 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder. 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 Then it will be for Us to call them to account. 26