Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 Labouring, wearied out, 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 Some faces on that Day will be radiant, 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 And cups set at hand. 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 and well spread carpets. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 and how the earth is spread out? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. 26