Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 Faces on that Day shall be delighted, 8 well-pleased with their striving. 9 In an elevated garden, 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 raised couches, 13 and goblets set forth 14 and cushions arrayed 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? 17 how the heavens are raised up high, 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 And at the earth, how it is outspread? 20 Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher. 21 You are not a warden over them, 22 As for those who turn their back and disbelieve, 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26