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 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 They will enter in the hot blazing Fire, 4 watered at a boiling fountain, 5 No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 However, on that day the faces of other people will be happy. 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 raised couches, 13 and prepared goblets, 14 cushions ranged, 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 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 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26