Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 Given water from the boiling spring to drink. 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 With their effort [they are] satisfied 9 in a sublime garden, 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 Therein will be a flowing spring, 12 and raised couches, 13 well arranged goblets, 14 and arranged cushions 15 and well spread carpets. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And the heavens, how it was raised high; 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And the earth: how it was spread out? 20 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But whoever turns back and disbelieves, 23 him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26