Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? 1 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 And cushions lined up 15 and carpets outspread. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And the hills, how they are set up? 19 how the earth was outstretched? 20 Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher. 21 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs. 22 Save the one who turns away and disbelieves 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning. 26