Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 Where they hear no idle speech, 11 Therein will be a bubbling spring: 12 raised couches, 13 And cups put in place 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 and carpets spread out. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And the hills, how they are set up? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah. 21 You are not charged to oversee them. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26