Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 They will have no food except bitter thorn, 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 In an elevated garden, 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 raised couches, 13 and goblets set forth 14 cushions ranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And the mountains: how they were 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 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26