Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you? 1 Faces on that Day shall be downcast, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 In a high Garden. 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Therein will be a flowing spring, 12 raised couches, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And carpets spread out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth, 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. 26