Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper? 1 On that Day faces shall be humbled, 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger. 7 Faces on that Day shall be delighted, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 In a high Garden 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 Wherein is a gushing spring, 12 Therein will be thrones raised high, 13 and goblets set forth 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26