Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 their drink shall be from a boiling spring. 5 they shall have no food but thorns, 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 In the high empyrean, 10 where they will hear no idle talk. 11 with a flowing spring, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 and goblets laid out, 14 well-placed cushions, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 how the heavens are raised up high, 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You are not charged to oversee them. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26