Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Many a face will be disgraced on that day. 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 There is no food for them except thorns of fire. 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 in a garden sublime, 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 well arranged goblets, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And carpets spread around. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 And at the earth, how it is outspread? 20 Therefore remind, you are only a Reminder. 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 But whoever turns back and disbelieves, 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26