Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you received the news of the Enveloper? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 watered at a boiling fountain, 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 (Whereas other) faces on that Day will be joyful, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In a high Garden. 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 with a flowing spring, 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 And cups set at hand. 14 and arranged cushions 15 And carpets spread around. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 and how the earth is spread out? 20 Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher. 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26