Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 On that Day faces shall be humbled, 2 labouring, weary, 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 which gives no strength and neither stills hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 Where they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood, 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high, 13 Goblets set, 14 and arranged cushions 15 and carpets spread out. 16 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created? 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And the hills, how they are set up? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26