Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 They will enter in the hot blazing Fire, 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 They will have no food except bitter thorn, 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 (Whereas other) faces on that Day will be joyful, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 Where they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood, 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 Wherein are couches raised 13 and goblets set forth 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, 21 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26