Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 they shall have no food but thorns, 6 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In a high Garden 10 They shall hear therein no vain discourse; 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 Wherein are couches raised 13 And chosen goblets. 14 and arranged cushions 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 So do they not see the camel – how it has been created? 17 And at the Sky, how it is raised high?- 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 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 a watcher over them; 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 Then, surely, it is for Us to call them to account. 26