Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 In a lofty garden, 10 wherein they will not hear any vain talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 And cups put in place 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And at the Sky, how it is raised high?- 18 And the mountains - how they have been established? 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 and verily, It is for Us to call them to account. 26