Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 Faces on that Day shall be delighted, 8 With their effort [they are] satisfied 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 raised couches, 13 and prepared goblets, 14 and arranged cushions 15 and carpets outspread. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 you are not their keeper. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26