Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 their drink shall be from a boiling spring. 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 which gives no strength and neither stills hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 In an elevated garden, 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 and raised couches, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 and cushions arrayed 15 and carpets outspread. 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder. 21 thou canst not compel them [to believe]. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26