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 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 they shall enter a burning Fire 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 In the high empyrean, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 Therein are thrones raised high, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 And cushions ranged! 15 and carpets spread out. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 But whoever turns back and disbelieves, 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26