Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 Given water from the boiling spring to drink. 5 No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari' 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 therein uplifted couches 13 well arranged goblets, 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And carpets spread out. 16 Look they not at the camels, how they are created? 17 how the heavens are raised up high, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) 21 You are not charged to oversee them. 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 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26