Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 (Yet) Going into the blazing fire. 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 in a Garden on high, 10 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 11 Therein will be a flowing spring, 12 Therein are thrones raised high, 13 And drinking-cups ready placed, 14 And cushions ranged 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created? 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 how the earth was outstretched? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 you are not their keeper. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26