Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 Therein are thrones raised high, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 well-placed cushions, 15 And carpets spread around. 16 Look they not at the camels, how they are created? 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) 21 thou canst not compel them [to believe]. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26