Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 Entering into burning fire, 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 well pleased with their striving, 9 In a Garden on high, 10 They shall hear therein no vain discourse; 11 with a flowing spring, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 And cups put in place 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And at the Earth, how it is spread out? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us is their return. 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26