Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire. 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 which will neither fatten them nor satisfy them. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 Therein will be a bubbling spring: 12 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high, 13 and prepared goblets, 14 well-placed cushions, 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 To Us they will all return. 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26