Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 their drink shall be from a boiling spring. 5 no food for them except thorny plants 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 Some faces on that Day will be radiant, 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 In a Garden on high, 10 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk. 11 with a flowing spring, 12 Therein are thrones raised high, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 and cushions arrayed 15 And carpets ready spread, 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 how the mountains are set firm, 19 And at the Earth, how it is spread out? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 Thou art not over them a warden. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Indeed only towards Us is their return 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26