Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 With their endeavour well pleased. 9 in a sublime garden, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 In which are high thrones. 13 And drinking-cups ready placed, 14 And cushions lined up 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder. 21 You are not charged to oversee them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 For to Us will be their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26