Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 Faces on that day humbled, 2 labouring, weary, 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 Therein are thrones raised high, 13 And cups set at hand. 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? 17 And the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And at the earth, how it is outspread? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth, 23 Allah will chastise him with the most terrible chastisement. 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26