Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 raised couches, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) 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 at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And the earth, how it was spread out? 20 Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher. 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26