Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire. 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 (Other) faces, that Day, will be joyful, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 In an elevated garden, 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 raised couches, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 cushions ranged, 15 And silken carpets spread. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And at the Sky, how it is raised high?- 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And at the earth, how it is outspread? 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 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Verily, to Us will be their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26