Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 well pleased with their striving, 9 In a high Garden 10 They shall hear therein no vain discourse; 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 Goblets set, 14 well-placed cushions, 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? 17 how the heavens are raised up high, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 you are not their keeper. 22 However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth, 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26