Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 Travailing, worn. 3 about to enter a glowing fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 In a high Garden. 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 Wherein are couches raised 13 Goblets set, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Look they not at the camels, how they are created? 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 how the mountains are set firm, 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Verily, to Us will be their return; 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26