Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 Many a face will be disgraced on that day. 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 in a sublime garden, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 And drinking-cups ready placed, 14 And cushions ranged 15 And carpets spread out. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26