Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit 6 which neither sustains, nor satisfy hunger. 7 Faces on that Day shall be delighted, 8 and pleased with the result of their deeds in the past. 9 In an elevated garden, 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 Wherein is a gushing spring, 12 raised couches, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 And arranged carpets. 15 and outspread carpets. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 You are not a warden over them, 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26