Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 In a Garden on high, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 In which are high thrones. 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 and arranged cushions 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth, 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning. 26