Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 Entering into burning fire, 4 Given water from the boiling spring to drink. 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 However, on that day the faces of other people will be happy. 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Wherein is a gushing spring, 12 raised couches, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 well-placed cushions, 15 and carpets spread out. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And the heavens, how it was raised high; 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 So remind them (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), you are only a one who reminds. 21 thou canst not compel them [to believe]. 22 But whoever turns back and disbelieves, 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26