Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 Labouring, striving hard. 3 Entering into burning fire, 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 well pleased with their striving, 9 in a garden sublime, 10 Where they hear no idle speech, 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 and couches raised high, 13 and goblets set forth 14 And cushions ranged 15 and carpets spread out. 16 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And at the Earth, how it is spread out? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26