Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 Labouring, striving hard. 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 They will be given drink from a boiling spring. 5 they shall have no food but thorns, 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 Faces on that Day shall be delighted, 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 In a high Garden 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 Therein will be a bubbling spring: 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And the heavens, how it was raised high; 18 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?- 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 Save the one who turns away and disbelieves 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26