Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 Some faces on that Day will be radiant, 8 and pleased with the result of their deeds in the past. 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 In which are high thrones. 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 cushions ranged, 15 and carpets outspread. 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 and how the earth is spread out? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Verily, to Us will be their return; 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26