Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 their drink shall be from a boiling spring. 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 In it is a flowing spring. 12 therein uplifted couches 13 and prepared goblets, 14 and arranged cushions 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 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 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 Indeed only towards Us is their return 25 and verily, It is for Us to call them to account. 26