Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 Labouring, wearied out, 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 There is no food for them except thorns of fire. 6 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 in a sublime garden, 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 In which are high thrones. 13 And goblets set at hand 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 So do they not see the camel – how it has been created? 17 And the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 You are not a warden over them, 22 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth, 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 and verily, It is for Us to call them to account. 26