Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 troubled and tired as a result of their deeds in the past. 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 they shall have no food but thorns, 6 which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 In the high empyrean, 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 and prepared goblets, 14 and cushions ranged, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher. 21 Thou art not over them a warden. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us is their return. 25 Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning. 26